Example sentences of "n't be worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often said , for example , that the Indonesian island of Bali is ruined and that it has n't been worth going to since the 1930s , but to walk through a Balinese night breathing the warm silk of tropical air accompanied by the croaking of frogs and the distant gongs and gamelan music of a temple celebration is a magical experience . |
| 2 | The life he 's leaving really has n't been worth living . ’ |
| 3 | I decided it was just because she had n't mattered that it had n't been worth shocking her . |
| 4 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 5 | I 've seen loads of rings like this , so they ca n't be worth much . ’ |
| 6 | And if we cut down the number of our operations — for the part he 's making it would n't be worth automating . |
| 7 | But it would n't be worth doing , if there was n't a chance that it might end in tears . |
| 8 | From now on yer life wo n't be worth tuppence ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I keep in touch with both my sisters and my brother 's wife — she rings me every week or I ring her : And my niece and nephew — well , life would n't be worth living without them . |
| 10 | ‘ This place would n't be worth a twopenny fart after that little incident . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It would n't be worth it … people only want to hear new issues not scratchy old ones … ’ and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ It would n't be worth dragging all the way to Spain just for the three of us , darling . ’ |
| 13 | If he was to catch thee , all thy fighting skills would n't be worth an ounce o' flea shit . ’ |
| 14 | It just would n't be worth it . ’ |
| 15 | Keith Skeoch , chief economist at stockbroker James Capel , said : ‘ Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy wo n't be worth the paper it 's written on . ’ |
| 16 | If it does n't work because I ca n't carry the experiment through ’ — I shrugged my shoulders — ‘ it would n't be worth starting on . |
| 17 | It wo n't be worth anything because it wo n't have meant anything to you . |
| 18 | ‘ My life wo n't be worth living , ’ St Ives prophesied dejectedly . |
| 19 | There are too many concepts and procedures to learn , and for simpler applications , if probably wo n't be worth the effort . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you realize , Charles , that if these Labour Johnnies go and slap on this gift tax they 're talking about , crimes like young Nigel Steen 's wo n't be worth committing . ’ |
| 21 | Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth . |
| 22 | It just would n't be worth it — it would choke . ’ |
| 23 | My flat ca n't be worth more than 20,000 do you know what band that 'll be ? |
| 24 | ‘ FitzAlan would think of him , too , and Ralf 's life would n't be worth a straw . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If my lord ever finds you here , scrubbing tables , my life wo n't be worth a straw , ’ muttered Ellen two hours later , as she wielded a brush with more energy than accuracy . |
| 26 | ‘ Your park wo n't be worth having when the bomb 's dropped . ’ |
| 27 | I mean the pound in ca n't be worth the |
| 28 | They claim that the huge crop will push down prices , and this , coupled with cheap imported plums from Spain will mean it simply wo n't be worth picking the fruits . |
| 29 | And we 'd only be interested i with that scenario that you could virtually er get the Independent at a song otherwise it would n't be worth having . |
| 30 | That would n't be worth two ninety nine then . |