Example sentences of "[vb past] it be worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’ |
| 2 | His predisposition was reinforced by further acquaintance with the Fulani , whose ‘ regeneration ’ he decided it was worth attempting . |
| 3 | He decided it was worth being polite . |
| 4 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 5 | Many in the industry felt it was worth while taking risks on the peak space heating load , by keeping prices sufficiently low to attract in addition such off-peak evening or spring and autumn space heating loads , as well as the cooking and water heating sales . |
| 6 | Either way , she felt it was worth taking a chance . |
| 7 | ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved . |
| 8 | yeah , I thought it 's worth |
| 9 | It was a training programme for young unemployed blacks in the inner cities , and O'Brien , knowing that Charles already had an interest in this area through the Prince 's Trust , thought it was worth seeing if Charles would help . |
| 10 | An opinion poll in the Sunday Times showed that 80% of the population backed Britain 's military involvement , and 60% thought it was worth the loss of British servicemen 's lives to regain Kuwait . |
| 11 | Berwick Kaler gives a peculiarly charmless performance as the Pope , Frances de la Tour is wasting her time as the witch , and one wonders why the producers thought it was worth transferring this dismal exercise to the West End from the West Yorkshire Playhouse . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it was worth something ! ’ |
| 13 | That might sound a ludicrous attempt to escape paying for a colour TV licence , but he obviously thought it was worth a try . |
| 14 | Even so , I thought it was worth persisting , trying to get her to remember noises , smells , anything that would give us a clue to where they were taken . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought it was worth a try , so I drove up here , booked myself in at a hotel down the road . |
| 16 | If you cast your mind back to the 1966 World Cup , you may recall that Pak Doo Ik , the North Korean forward , also wore odd shorts and he went on to score the winner against Italy , so I thought it was worth a try . |
| 17 | Although I had a mouthful of sour grapes I thought it was worth going so I could corner Polymers football club chairman , Stan Bates . |
| 18 | But I thought it was worth it , until this happened . |
| 19 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 20 | ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money . |
| 21 | Carella explained his idea to me , and I thought it was worth following up . |
| 22 | And at Cantley in the same diocese the vicar thought it was worth making some comment on a baptism that took place on 12 October 1754 : |
| 23 | They thought it was worth around £100,000 , until a valuation for council tax arrived putting in the highest band — band H — for properties worth more than £320,000 . |
| 24 | Miss Sherwin said she found out the stall had been sold for below the price she thought it was worth and felt ‘ ripped off ’ . |
| 25 | He thought it was worth having back in Northallerton after such a gap . |
| 26 | I thought it was worth pushing for the extra I mean when he said a thousand , I thought it would be |
| 27 | I thought it was worth it , two thirty nine . |
| 28 | We did make it to a boozer afterwards , though , and we all agreed it was worth making a note of for future reference . |
| 29 | Some queued through the night , but all agreed it was worth the wait . |
| 30 | True the first formers had had to go to bed an hour earlier , but they all voted it was worth it , Gwendoline felt vicious about the whole affair , she 'd determining not to be put off by her first day there . |