go to the expense
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If producers have to pay the human actors anyway for the days they would have worked, and pay residuals too, why go to the expense of the digital replica?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Yet, thanks to Woodspoon, they don't have to go to the expense of renting a commercial premise.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022
China Molybdenum has been cautious in declaring it, he said, until the company knows it wants to go to the expense of extracting the deeper layers.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2021
“I think it’s most unusual for a person to go to the expense he’s gone to, to get a medal without even being involved,” Sedgeley said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2018
“I brought some dinner with me, Mr. Milton. You don’t need to go to the expense of buyin’ me a restaurant meal.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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