Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [noun] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 4 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 5 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 6 | So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he |
| 7 | The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance . |
| 8 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |
| 9 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 10 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 11 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 12 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |