Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | National Savings income bonds might just be worth hanging on to at 11.75 per cent if you are a non-taxpayer . |
| 2 | It might almost be worth hanging around to see him open it . |
| 3 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
| 4 | However it will not normally be worth taking up the salvage , unless it retains substantial value . |
| 5 | They 'd er you might it might be worth writing around to see what the or or even ask the people who are running the correspondence course you know what |
| 6 | It may be worth pointing out to new customers who prove reluctant to pay on time that the keenly competitive rates being charged on the haulage contract can only be maintained if customers settle promptly . |
| 7 | Here it might be worth pointing out that handles are necessary only for burial , for lowering the coffin on ropes into the grave ; for cremation they are quite superfluous . |
| 8 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 9 | To be worth singling out for special attention , a semantic relation needs to be at least systematic , in the sense that it recurs in a number of pairs or sets of related lexical units ( it will be recalled that the expression lexical unit is used to refer to a lexical form together with a single distinguished sense ) . |
| 10 | Some schemes allow you to give up part of your pension for cohabitees or other adult dependants , and this could also be worth checking on . |
| 11 | Also , anyone in the company can suggest names to us who ? may be worth checking out . |
| 12 | A2 BRUTÉ Korg A2 Performance When players like Elliott Randall and Jennifer Batten use a piece of processing equipment , it 's got to be worth checking out … |
| 13 | If this scenario sounds familiar , it might be worth checking out Schedule Express . |
| 14 | So your rule of thumb , for starting , is that if somebody 's spending more than two or three hours a day , perhaps , on accounts or stock-taking or whatever , then it might be worth checking out the possibility of using a computer . |
| 15 | In case we do have a hard winter however , it might be worth potting up a few and over-wintering them , if you have n't already saved some of last year 's generously produced and well-ripened seed . |
| 16 | If these measures are unsuccessful , then it may be worth carrying out an elimination diet , as described in Chapter Fourteen . |
| 17 | Minimum rates also vary , so if you are buying only a small amount it may be worth shopping around . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In some cases it could be worth making out a third party support agreement with a specialist maintenance company . |
| 20 | If it was yellow with sort of pink spots , that 'd be worth putting down . |
| 21 | Er , we 've got all packed in for I mean that might be worth putting back on . |
| 22 | It will be worth finding out , since the whole operation is to be repeated for the steam runs on the 22nd and 29th of September , and this train should be a sight worth seeing . |
| 23 | One practical point that might be worth talking over during the consultation process is whether there are any alternative posts for which you are suitable . |
| 24 | But it would still be worth talking over your decision with a counsellor . |
| 25 | ‘ No … but it might be worth talking over old times with him . |
| 26 | If you have any doubts about your ability to fix a burst pipe , a storm-damaged roof , or a boiler that does on the blink , it may be worth signing up for Homercare , the new 24-hour emergency repair and assistance service from Europ Assistance . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | Much of the nineties will be about clearing up the fall-out of the liberal eighties . |
| 29 | If I 'm not very much mistaken , they would be for packing up the Presley hoard in . ’ |
| 30 | It can be for starting up trading , expanding your business , sustaining cashflow , or improving efficiency . |