Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No need to be alarmist , but it 's time to be off . |
| 2 | She snoozes until it 's time to be fed , |
| 3 | It 's time to be impervious to everyone 's judgement except your own . |
| 4 | I 'm reading a clock and I 'm thinking it 's time to be going to work . |
| 5 | And er yo you get the impression that it 's late in the day , the sky 's a bit stormy and maybe it 's time to be thinking about er getting home and er I get the impression that that person climbing over the stile is sort of on his way home after having a super day out walking in the the Yorkshire Dales or somewhere like that . |
| 6 | There has been no positive response to our representations so perhaps it 's time to be more firm |
| 7 | " It is harde to be expected " , wrote one newsletter writer , " with what great joy and satisfaction his majesties have been proclaimed in most of the Citties " , whilst the Earl of Peterborough thought that never had a King been " proclaimed with more applause than he that raignes under the name of James the Second " . |
| 8 | The horse is kept locked up in a stable until it is time to be exhibited for the potential buyer or judge — or mare owner if the horse is a stallion standing at stud . |
| 9 | Most of the signals are only noted subconsciously but , with a little effort , it is quite easy to become more aware of them so that , should a warning bell ring at the back of your head , you will know it is time to be careful . |
| 10 | " When Laval starts praising collective security and multilateral treaties , it is time to be wary " , Nizan laconically remarked , dismissing out of hand Lavals professed support for the politics of peace as no more than " carefully phrased remarks " . |
| 11 | The compulsion to be exercised in the attempt to satisfy the claim of right is not purely or mainly internal to particular societies : it is compulsion to be exercised by some societies against other societies , coercion to be brought to bear upon an international scale . |
| 12 | Abandon 'd then , ‘ t is time to be retir 'd , |