take pains
be at pains

It's just a matter of how much pain you can take.

Then it will come down to how much pain I can take.

How much pain would it have taken to make him talk?

It was just interesting to see how much pain they could take.

They cannot now be asked to take further pain by others who are not prepared to do the same.

I wonder how much pain it will take to break her?

Her father had a past which he'd taken pains to cover up.

Both men took pains to voice support for each other.

"If you look at the civilian side we're taking pain like every other department."

A man can take only so much pain before he breaks.