Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun] he [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But surely it 's time he was here … ’ |
| 2 | It 's time he was put down . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's time he was a little more than a fiancé , in my opinion . |
| 4 | Modest , charitable in his judgments , never censorious , Jim may be thought to carry tolerance almost too far ( it is time he was convicted of some venial fault ) . |
| 5 | It is time he was out . |
| 6 | Then they were turning into Mahogany Drive and something lurched inside him , as if it was love he was meeting , not death . |
| 7 | It was love he was beginning to experience , and what a joke that was . |
| 8 | It was Maggie he was after . |
| 9 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 10 | Philip knew it was time he was getting back . |
| 11 | She told Sam it was time he was in bed , but without conviction . |
| 12 | The sun was beginning to set , it was time he was gone . |
| 13 | In Darlington it was ties he was after , opting for a restrained paisley pattern at £7.99 to replace his classic blue and white polka dot number . |
| 14 | It was Silvia he was really concerned about , not the speedboat . |
| 15 | When he was king he was normally accompanied by the clerks of the royal chapel so he had plenty of opportunities to indulge in the pleasures of ritual . |