Example sentences of "[noun] not worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , there can be no doubt that long-term effects will be bad for organized labour and a cruel price for many , a price not worth paying . |
| 2 | The town has changed since Easter last year , Miss Lavant wrote in her dairy , but only in small little ways not worth recording . |
| 3 | Dougie bought a me a packet of fags last week not worth smoking . |
| 4 | In the Fifties the things you bought to throw away ranged from Kleenex to baking tins , from razors with only one blade ( supplied by vending machine ) to watches not worth repairing . |
| 5 | Older people may take longer to retrain for new tasks than younger , but not to a degree that makes such retraining not worth while . |
| 6 | His hands , his fingers looked longer ; more knuckley , and his arse not worth the mention . |
| 7 | Fruit not worth picking , hard and sour . |