Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Knocking Leeds United is n't exactly new , and now that we 're champions I suppose we 'll have to put up with it all the more . ’ |
| 2 | There are games in our region and as you rightly say they 're great for us but er I would n't say that they 're Derbies I mean the Derbies are are Birmingham West Brom and West Brom |
| 3 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 4 | Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt . |
| 5 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
| 6 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 7 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 8 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 9 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 10 | It always makes me think because last time we saw an accident like that it was Penny you know what I mean ? |
| 11 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 12 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 13 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 14 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 15 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 16 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 17 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 18 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ OK , so it 's honesty you want . |
| 20 | When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle . |
| 21 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 22 | There was Sammy and Davie and and er from Comely Bank , Willie and Jim they were all Stevedores and Andrew and They were stevedores you see a lot of . |
| 23 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 24 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 25 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 26 | I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it . |
| 27 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 28 | And her parents are dead , and her uncle is rich and influential , and for some strange reason he is quite attached to you , and Jane Postlethwaite is quite attached herself , and it 's time you got married — ’ |
| 29 | And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |