Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are obviously time overheads for this packing and unpacking . |
| 2 | Cohse branch secretary Sheila Bowes said : ‘ I think it 's about time management started to listen to the nurses . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's about time England adopted the attitude of : Why make Gazza track back and defend , when we could have other players to do that and let Gazza do what he 's good at . |
| 4 | IT 'S about time England stopped moaning and learned to play cricket like we Pakistanis — properly ! |
| 5 | The brand new ramp deck for Steve Caballero , once again made by Powell Peralta. and it 's about time Cab had a new model : this one is 31 ½ inches long , with a 6 inch tail , 9 ¾ inch wide . |
| 6 | In the July following Hilary 's birth , which had taken place in February , Stephen announced at dinner , ‘ I think it 's about time Seth Walton retired . |
| 7 | PETER REID lays it frankly on the line : ‘ It 's about time Manchester City won something . ’ |
| 8 | It 's about time groups felt more about the music than the money . ’ |
| 9 | It 's about time Joe pulled himself together . |
| 10 | And Barbara Merifield , of Bedlington , Northumberland , said : ‘ It 's about time Charles and the rest of the Royals took a leaf out of Diana 's book . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's about time people started to realise that women are already achieving the highest standards in all aspects of craft skills , ’ said Sui-ming . |
| 12 | Smith reckons it 's about time Rangers had a good run in Europe . |
| 13 | ‘ The old six five-minute rounds and best of three falls has gone , it is now time limit matches with one fall to decide . ’ |
| 14 | It is about time fortune smiled on United and the way they went into the lead was to be honest a bit of a fluke . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ We are now living in a post-apartheid era and it is about time member of the Labour group came to realise that . ’ |
| 16 | Surely it is about time England and Wales came into line with the rest of Europe regarding access instead of being trapped in a time capsule . |
| 17 | It is about time chairmen and administrators started to listen to the managers and worked on fulfilling the pledge . |
| 18 | Leith knew then , when her mother began , ‘ Is n't it exciting ? ’ that she was wasting her time expecting her to agree that it was about time Sebastian got his act together . |
| 19 | We thought it was about time Shevardnadze was given a platform . |