Example sentences of "it be [noun] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's Dan taking the reins from your hands that 's brought all this on .
2 Unhappily , it 's time to take the gloves off ( temporarily I hope ) and adopt the principles of the street fighter .
3 ‘ I assure you , Caroline , when I decide it is time to take a wife , I will choose the correct one for a man in my position . ’
4 That we can , must , involve the reader , make the reader participate in the feeling we are trying to represent ; and we learn , too , that there are some subjects , like this one , so powerful in themselves that they require the simplest narration when it is time to take the reader to the climax .
5 That , according to the IRB , has largely been achieved and now , in the aftermath of the phenomenal success of the World Cup , the IRB think it is time to take the game to the world .
6 But in the present case it was time to take a stand , to declare once and for all that on this occasion at least the truth was as obvious and evident as it appeared to be .
7 AFTER all of the excitement of the last two weekends in June it was time to take a break .
8 It was time to take an interest in the wildlife at a lower level in this spectacular valley .
9 Mum sat at the end nearest the wall , then my two sisters , whilst I sat next to Dad , who took the outside seat ready for a quick get-away when it was time to take the collection .
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