Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weightier things than hamburgers suggest it is now time for a realignment . |
| 2 | I expect it 's just coincidence . |
| 3 | Yeah fine erm but as I say it 's just sort of you know kind of minor layout changes , that 's all I was suggesting |
| 4 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 5 | Shame it 's only half-time really . |
| 6 | Richard Simmonds of laser says that success does n't happen overnight … they 've been in Banbury since the early seventies and have built 150,000 boats … he says it 's about time that people in banbury had the chance to sail on their doorstep and there are lots of local clubs that offer people the chance |
| 7 | I was telling Steven , he says it 's about time some of them 's done well . |
| 8 | Smith reckons it 's about time Rangers had a good run in Europe . |
| 9 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 10 | Right it 's usually only a small quantity needed , because although it is it 's used it 's continually sort of restored . |
| 11 | " Do you realize it 's nearly Christmas ? " |
| 12 | I know it 's just distortion , but it sounds like it was definitely done on one of these ! |
| 13 | You know it 's neither judgement nor luck . |
| 14 | I 'll soon be eight … well , not till December and I know it 's only summer , but I 'll be eight in December , wo n't I ? ’ |
| 15 | But er , you know , I mean , I know it 's only practice and you know how far you got ta be in front of the other whatever ! |
| 16 | No , but a a big four wheel drive thing , you know it 's quite sort of . |
| 17 | It 's really funny though this is all a new experience for me , I 've never really , you know it 's quite sort of funny analyzing it all do n't you think ? |
| 18 | Then gradually , when reality starts to intrude again , he gets embarrassed about the sensitivity he 's shown , and so he gradually pushes it away , to deny it 's even part of his nature . |
| 19 | I suppose it 's all East if you go that far West . |
| 20 | I suppose it 's really proof of what er the approach that North Yorkshire County Council is taking on this issue because nothing is is as simple a as it seems . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know much about swimming , ’ he said , ‘ but I suppose it 's mainly supervision , and getting the boys to the right races . ’ |
| 22 | It is too easy to dwell on the environmental down-side of the industry and I believe it is about time we brought home to people the improvements we bring to their life-style . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , I 've been so lucky in life I reckon it 's about time I started giving something back — and the club 's the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll try to spare you that , but I guess it 's about time I came clean and admitted it 's by no means a one-man show . |
| 25 | They feel it 's about time to retire . |
| 26 | I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom . |
| 27 | I feel it is now time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis , in particular because we might thus be eligible to affiliate to SCP , and get a start-up grant from them , and possibly from other bodies , to equip ourselves with tools . |
| 28 | ‘ Does that mean it 's nearly Christmas ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Mind you , ’ Sutcliffe added , ‘ I do n't think it 's just lack of funds that has kept him at home lately . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you pushed off , Piper ? |