Example sentences of "[vb -s] be worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Washington , President Bush appeared in the White House press room to tell reporters ‘ Yes , it has been worth it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He has been worth every penny we have spent and every tear we have shed . |
| 3 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 4 | Over the years Muir has been through thick and thin with Tranmere , and has been worth his weight in gold . |
| 5 | He starts by looking at DRG 's pension fund surplus , which he says is worth £25m . |
| 6 | The winners will receive an 18-week business training course — which the foundation says is worth £5000 — at Stirling University in the autumn . |
| 7 | I have covered all the major items of tackle that warrant discussion , but before this chapter is concluded I think that a comparison of end tackles is worth looking at . |
| 8 | ‘ WELL we 've waited long enough , but it 's been worth it , ’ said one of the nearly 200 primary school teachers who gathered at St Wilfrid 's Church in Northwich for a mass of thanksgiving for the new national programme for religious education . |
| 9 | Even if it costs us a few hundred quid , it 's been worth it . |
| 10 | Working on the project was an awful lot of hard work , and a lot of soul searching but it 's been worth it . |
| 11 | " But it 's been worth all the pain and trouble . " |
| 12 | He really was brought up in his tracks , and said , when he brought her home , well if that only made one person think , it 's been worth it . |
| 13 | They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient . |