take pains with
Example Sentences
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By the nineteen-thirties, he seems too preoccupied to take pains with his style.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015
The schoolmaster's wife liked handsome children.—"What a genius will Master Ferdinand Fitzroy be, if you take pains with him!" said she, to her husband.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
To pole on a composition, to take pains with it.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
Yes, we do have a good view of the stage, that is true; but we can't be seen—it is hardly worth while to take pains with one's dress.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
Few people had ever thought it necessary to take pains with John Saxton, and he greatly enjoyed the novelty of this intercourse with a man of his own age who was not a bore.
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
