Example sentences of "[not/n't] worth [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BT spokesman said : ‘ It 's not worth getting your woggles in a twist over . ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes you may feel that it is really not worth repeating what seems trivial or unimportant ; the effort is tiring , even exhausting . |
| 3 | An aspect of the problem related to ignorance is that of apathy in the sense that a person says ‘ it 's not worth pursuing it ’ or ‘ let's just forget about it ’ or ‘ it 's just one of those things . ’ |
| 4 | As a result it is not worth discussing them fully here . |
| 5 | If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently . |
| 6 | The leaves are spectacularly large and green but frankly not worth doubling your mortgage for . |
| 7 | whatever you want to do , but it 's not worth doing anything else other than we 're going to play a few games but they 're |
| 8 | See I sometimes wonder whether it 's not worth giving them some kind of er a proper test . |
| 9 | It 's not worth giving it up if you have n't chosen to give it up . |
| 10 | Probably the person will conclude that ‘ it 's not worth finishing my work quickly , all that happens is I get stuck with twice as much ! ’ |
| 11 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Oh I bet it 's it 's we all have and trying to look , not worth have it done is it ? |
| 13 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 14 | It 's not worth extending your hours cos you might get one any minute |
| 15 | Many other vegetables do not produce seed until the second year , and it is n't worth allowing them to take up valuable space for that extra time . |
| 16 | Is it , ai n't worth trying him ? |
| 17 | She ai n't worth saying anything is she ? |
| 18 | ‘ They put in whatever they choose , whether or not it 's in the text : and it ai n't worth suing them from over here . |