Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] worth [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was worth a try , Josie thought sadly . |
| 2 | In 1989 Indonesia and Malaysia accounted for almost three-quarters of world sales of tropical hardwood which were worth a total of US$7,000 million . |
| 3 | At the least , perhaps a country inn somewhere in the Limousin or the Cantal district will yield a new dish or a wine which was worth the detour . |
| 4 | Everybody 's player of the season , Mark Prudhoe , saved from Alan Johnson and Andy Pilling , but Quakers thought they were worth a penalty after 71 minutes when Mardenborough appeared to be pulled down by Jones , but referee Burns , who up to that point had been whistle happy , turned the appeals down . |
| 5 | They were worth every penny of the large chunk of the Hochhauser budget they absorbed . |
| 6 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 7 | It was worth every mile , and somehow the travelling was particularly appropriate , for he is himself a travelling man , at home everywhere and nowhere . |
| 8 | We headed north to Port de Centuri on a trip that was only 35 miles yet seemed like 135 as a result of the sheer concentration needed on the mountain roads but it was worth every second because of the incredible views . |
| 9 | It took almost two years to complete — but it was worth every bead of sweat . |
| 10 | It was worth every cent , he thought , recalling his daughter 's happy , excited face and Harry 's marked attention to her . |
| 11 | My UPS solved the database crash problems and I consider it was worth every penny . |
| 12 | It was worth every penny of the admission fee just to hear all the colourful comments and words of advice that both sets of supporters shouted at him as he left the pitch at the end . |
| 13 | It was worth a go . |
| 14 | I can say ‘ It was a failure but it was worth a go ’ . |
| 15 | Yeo Davis seem to have felt , nonetheless , that it was worth a lunch . ’ |
| 16 | Hardly bothering to look at the prized volume , Emily said it was worth a try . |
| 17 | It was worth a try . |
| 18 | That might sound a ludicrous attempt to escape paying for a colour TV licence , but he obviously thought it was worth a try . |
| 19 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought it was worth a try , so I drove up here , booked myself in at a hotel down the road . |
| 21 | ‘ It was worth a try . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It was worth a try anyway . |
| 24 | It was worth a try . |
| 25 | It was worth a try . |
| 26 | ‘ It was worth a try . |
| 27 | It was worth a try … |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | So it was worth a try , at least . |
| 30 | It was worth a try . |