Example sentences of "it [be] worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking for himself , Svidrigailov says he is after the women , which is n't untrue but we know what it 's worth . |
| 2 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |
| 3 | For what it 's worth , I was a schoolboy visiting the [ Russian ] cruiser that afternoon after school , and was on the main deck looking over the side next to the quay , when I saw a diver ( with full deep-diving headgear ) being pulled beneath the surface by two frogmen . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , aye , you can have that and welcome , for what it 's worth . |
| 5 | Compensating for its disadvantages , New Yorkers live the city for all it 's worth . |
| 6 | ‘ Certainly not as much as it 's worth , at least the dress and coat , because , you see , it 's this way . |
| 7 | For what it 's worth , here are my predictions for the major categories : Best Film : Bugsy , Director : Barry Levinson , Best Actor : Nick Nolte , Best actress : Jodie Foster , Best supporting actor : Jack Palance , Best Supporting actress : Juliette Lewis , Best original screenplay : Bugsy . |
| 8 | It was , for what it 's worth , how they had first met , Rab in a leather jacket , with his milk bottles , his resemblance to Elvis — in Jailhouse Rock — what had made her wild about him . |
| 9 | The ones who really enjoy it play the sporting card for all it 's worth ; the others pray that it will render them a touch more human . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't care about what it 's worth , ’ insists Bob . |
| 11 | He does n't know where we are at the moment and if the authorities catch up with him and give him my address it will be more trouble than it 's worth . ’ |
| 12 | But the truth is , they 're afraid of Lewis and they 're trying to milk the title for all it 's worth . ’ |
| 13 | But the truth is , they 're afraid of Lewis and they 're trying to milk the title for all it 's worth . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ For what it 's worth , I think this is wildly over-optimistic . |
| 15 | The rope seems more bother than it 's worth , creating confusion and danger rather than security . |
| 16 | For what it 's worth , I think she 's an utterly compelling , beautiful woman who is struggling with herself and her confusion and just has n't learned how to channel her power yet . |
| 17 | For what it 's worth , Silicon Graphics Inc and MIPS Computer Systems Inc are understood to be drawing together a new executive-level technical committee of the Advanced Computing Environment . |
| 18 | Her teachings are relatively sensible ( no tabloid fodder here ) , and , for what it 's worth , she 's taken seriously in India , whereas the likes of Rajneesh and the Maharishi were more admired for their business acumen . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll tell you what it 's worth . |
| 20 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |
| 21 | She 's milking it for all it 's worth . |
| 22 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 23 | I 'm just passing on gossip for what it 's worth . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ All right , for what it 's worth . |
| 25 | For what it 's worth , it stopped at twelve o'clock . ’ |
| 26 | My feeling , for what it 's worth , is that they should be regarded as wasting assets . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , here 's the picture , for what it 's worth , ’ he said . |
| 28 | For what it 's worth , I merely took the opportunity to discuss a radio-related matter with him when we happened to meet because I 've kept missing him at work these last couple of days . |
| 29 | For what it 's worth , the English language Moscow Magazine reports that 70 per cent of the Russian Cabinet are homosexual |
| 30 | ‘ Stay here a moment and I will try to persuade her to see you — For what it 's worth , you have my blessing , but the decision is hers , of course . ’ |