Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nights should be for crooning to your girl on a rooftop , not dumping your business partner in the bay . ’ |
| 2 | It must be like going to sea in a haystack . ’ |
| 3 | Nor is there any requirement that evidence must be in writing to be persuasive . |
| 4 | D' ya think it might be worth writing to some of the and asking them to donate any paper plates ? |
| 5 | The porter 's wife who let us in might be worth talking to . |
| 6 | ‘ It might be worth talking to him , if he 's still alive . |
| 7 | Might be worth talking to her . |
| 8 | The use of circling or underlining parts of their work , arrows to show how pieces of work connect , brainstorming , asterisks to show things which may be worth returning to , parts of diagrams abandoned as a result becomes clear , and other messy ways of working may need to be encouraged if people are used to hiding their rough work or throwing it away . |
| 9 | Codron had gone up to Cambridge to see the show and knew then that it would be worth bringing to London . |
| 10 | He projected himself as a man who would be worth listening to . |
| 11 | He would , he would be worth listening to , I think . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's why I think it would be worth going to New York . ’ |
| 13 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 14 | He said : that would be like praying to Edison when a lightbulb burns out . ’ |
| 15 | It would be like explaining to someone blind what colour is like . |
| 16 | If it turns out to be ‘ right ’ ( the trade term for ‘ genuine ’ ) , it will be worth sending to Geneva for sale . |
| 17 | However , the greater the inherited capital stock , , the less need there will be for adding to the capital stock , or even replacing worn-out equipment . |
| 18 | Okay Douglas all that will be in writing to you . |
| 19 | This is the maximum size that a two-colour stitch pattern can be for transferring to the console . |