Example sentences of "it be worth [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 2 | But I heard the Town Hall was having one , not the Town , was it the Town Hall or Community Council having one between , I think it 's the Town Hall , between Christmas and New Year and really I do n't think it 's worth their while having them then . |
| 3 | For what it 's worth my own advice would be that we I erm as you remember , increased the rental for the er coffee rooms from four thousand pounds when I er took over the post of chief executive and er to seven thousand five hundred in July eighty nine and we 've increased that yearly to a sum of twenty one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds per annum er from the first of August nineteen ninety one . |
| 4 | If I go to another dentist do you think it 's worth my while writing to D H S S , saying I 've paid forty five , forty pound ninety five pence , at that dentist and can I transfer the treatment to this other dentist |
| 5 | It 's worth my while |
| 6 | It 's worth your trying anyway . |
| 7 | It may be worth saying , Tony that Graham 's already talked to officers and it 's worth your while talking to people on the house-to-house duty rota . |
| 8 | The man from Dunkeld will come today or tomorrow — if he thinks it is worth his trouble . ’ |
| 9 | It is worth your while to obtain detailed quotations at the outset and to insist upon a further quotation for any work which may be added to the schedule as you go along . |
| 10 | He does not , however , retract his proposal that the precepts of the imagist manifesto are still the best rules of thumb for ‘ the neophyte ’ , the beginner in his ‘ prentice-work ; and for what it is worth my own experience in the workshop certainly bears that out . |
| 11 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |
| 12 | I told him everybody else had it , and it was worth my job with Reuters to withhold it . |
| 13 | ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money . |
| 14 | He 'd send us all whisky at Christmas if it was worth his while , only these days it 's hardly worth the risk . ’ |