Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] worth [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I do n't have nine I 'm not worth talking to , really . |
| 2 | Girls it was n't nearly so important that they should be er er an and also I , I do n't think my parents thought I was really worth educating . |
| 3 | ‘ His was n't worth committing anyway , as it turned out . ’ |
| 4 | There are some very distinctive and interesting roses to be found among the species which are well worth exploring and looking for , as you will see from the following examples . |
| 5 | British Gas has a range of regular service schemes which are well worth checking out . |
| 6 | I 'm sure you have your own routine , but do try these basic rules which are well worth applying . |
| 7 | A FUSION of pop and hardcore grunge that comes up smelling of the '60s summer sound , but to this they have fitted on a beat of their own which is well worth sitting up and paying attention to . |
| 8 | Er this tells us that domestic political considerations are very important in deciding whether to use er violence or whether to threaten it or , or , or whatever erm so there is er er a domestic political dimension to this which is well worth examining if you wish to understand the limits that actually exist on politicians ' powers . |
| 9 | But we have saved the elderly person 's strategic in the Vale of the White Horse , in its entirety , which is well worth having saved . |
| 10 | It is an often-repeated truism to say that the institution of the pub is unique to Britain — but it is still one which is well worth resurrecting . |
| 11 | The risk that failure to agree terms could result in the outgoing partner seeking a formal dissolution of the firm on peremptory notice is one which is not worth running . |
| 12 | One wonders just exactly how much banging a drum has to do with growing up , but the central issue of manhood is one which is certainly worth addressing . |
| 13 | There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing . |
| 14 | What still have to be worked out are the criteria which would justify not intervening aggressively , or , to put it another way , would amount to a quality of life which was not worth having . |
| 15 | He took the risk of being compelled to ‘ undo ’ his development ( for example , demolish a newly built house ) when , and if , the planning scheme was approved , but this was a risk which was usually worth taking . |
| 16 | Those who do not pass or who are not worth bothering about in terms of academic success get very little reward out of the school system . |
| 17 | You 're not worth bothering about . ’ |
| 18 | Annie thinks that you 're not worth worrying about . |
| 19 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 20 | After all , he reflected , I am one of the few people in the world who is n't worth blackmailing . |
| 21 | Had he emphasised the ‘ you ’ , implying that she was n't worth lying to , or had she simply imagined the insult ? |
| 22 | We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think . |
| 23 | Few stations of the first generation survived the vast increase of railway traffic , but some did and they are well worth seeing Railways added a vast amount of detail to the English landscape , besides manipulating it at times on a large scale . |
| 24 | Similarly , people tend to assume that if they have heard of a band , then they are probably worth going to see . |
| 25 | They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place ! |
| 26 | In South America , the mahoganies , Swietenia spp. , were much sought after , so that today , they have suffered through genetic erosion to such an extent that often they are not worth exploiting , only those of poor form having been left in the forests to set seed . |
| 27 | Yet at least one member of America 's financial establishment thinks they are still worth studying . |
| 28 | They are always worth watching out for in Hello ! , whether it 's Cindy , in wildly-inappropriate garb , among a cluster of nomadic bedouins in the Judean desert , or Naomi dodging the cameras with De Niro in Paris . |
| 29 | Whatever our past experiences , whether they be noted landmarks or modest signposts , they are always worth considering where conflict is concerned . |
| 30 | It 's difficult to evaluate how successful such co-ops are but many do seem to gain work on a fairly reasonable basis for their members , and they are certainly worth considering . |