Example sentences of "be said [prep] be worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his victory at Auberoche , prisoners were taken whose ransoms were said to be worth over £50,000 , and in 1346 , according to Froissart , Lancaster 's army returned from a raid into Poitou so laden with riches that they had difficulty in transporting all their gains . |
| 2 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 3 | Serena 's father , Lord Petersham , is said to be worth £200 million . |
| 4 | Each one of us is said to be worth fifty thousand pounds of advertising per year to the tobacco companies . ’ |
| 5 | Hell Hound on my Trail is given E4 5c and is said to be worth three stars . |
| 6 | The package of share options and perks on offer if LWT retained its franchise was said to be worth £3m . |
| 7 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |