Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because southern prices rose faster than those in the regions in the mid-1980s , for instance , by last year an average house in Yorkshire and Humberside , which in 1983 had been worth 69 per cent of a similar one in London , was worth only 40 per cent of one in the capital . |
| 2 | The terms of exchange between manufacturers and agricultural produce moved swiftly to the disadvantage of the towns ; a pair of boots which in 1913 had been worth 283lb. of rye flour was worth as little as 133lb. by May 1922 . |
| 3 | The rigidity and over-centralisation had been shown in the nurses ' pay regrading exercise , which had been worth ‘ nought out of 10 — useless ’ . |
| 4 | All the way home I was so happy ; everything had been worth while , everything was going to be all right . |
| 5 | SHe knew it was unlikely SHe could count on Alix 's discretion , but the need for medical backup had been worth the disclosures . |
| 6 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 7 | Cuddling Alex , Mary Demetriou said her £10,000 , two-year legal battle had been worth it . |
| 8 | She 'd learned about that back when she was Jessamyn Amanda and nine-year-olds had been worth a gallon of potable water on the streets of the NoGo . |
| 9 | By the time Mr Carlisle arrived in the right Roman town days after the original date for the hearing he was left wondering if it had been worth the bother . |
| 10 | In spite of his ritual attempt to distance himself from the young man who had written that poem , he knew very well that even his contemporary reputation in large part rested on it : that , and the last three of the Four Quartets , he told Ezra Pound , had been worth writing . |
| 11 | It had been worth every minute of the effort they had put into it . |
| 12 | It had taken them two weeks to break the complex code , but it had been worth it . |
| 13 | His war had been worth fighting , much as she regretted the admission . |
| 14 | But the hope of it had been worth steeling herself to ask Edwin for that loan . |
| 15 | It had been worth it . |
| 16 | She had n't really thought he would agree to stay in the car , but it had been worth a try . |
| 17 | It had been worth the risk . |
| 18 | The United States suspended military and economic aid , but such support had been worth only US$16,400,000 in 1990 . |
| 19 | Only an agreed statement of his rights vis-à-vis the Christians of the Ottoman Empire would have convinced him that the game had been worth the candle . |
| 20 | She 'd had to work like a Trojan to achieve it , but it had been worth every drop of blood , sweat and tears . |