Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [be] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electors may put Labour in office because they hate the Tories or think it 's time for a change or even because they like Labour policies . |
| 2 | Terry B says he did n't think he was hitting the bottle but there 's one side of you that takes over and he started to slide down hill … he became and realised it was time to get real with himself and he has n't had a drink since march |
| 3 | She could feel the tension building up in his body , and guessed it was time to put on her act . |
| 4 | We have seen too much of this happening during the last ten years and believe it is time to tighten constraints through the use of various mechanisms including statutory Green Belts . |
| 5 | But by 1957 he had become disenchanted with government service and decided it was time to join the private sector . |
| 6 | ‘ But we now have a strong cash flow able to fund substantial development programmes , and decided it was time to tidy up the balance sheet . ’ |
| 7 | Then I started worrying and decided it was time to start acting normal . |
| 8 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 9 | She yawned , and decided it was time to go to bed . |
| 10 | The staff , all from the Burscough-based Westbrook Packaging firm , had seen their company taken over by the French-owned Seyfert Packaging Group and decided it was time to learn the language . |
| 11 | The clubs have looked at the situation and felt it was time to change . |
| 12 | I imagine he may be thinking of keeping on the mill as a holiday home and feels it 's time to acknowledge that he does have neighbours . |
| 13 | Although he is unhappy and feels it is time to die , he thanks God he is well again . |
| 14 | Christina noticed her face , and thought it was time for goodnights , before Antonio added something he might really be sorry for . |
| 15 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 16 | In spite of her earlier misgivings at finding David in the pool , Rachel , still mindful of his pleasure when he had caught sight of her , soon began to enjoy herself and was disappointed when all too soon David blew the whistle again and said it was time to get out of the water . |
| 17 | She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime . |
| 18 | She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime . |
| 19 | It was in April of that year that F.W. Hardy , captain of Stockton Cycle Club , got together with a few others to complain that the Barnard Castle Meet was being dominated too much by clubs from Tyneside and suggested it was time for cycling clubs from the south of the region to break away . |
| 20 | He loved teaching and talks enthusiastically about it , but felt it was time to enjoy doing his own work . |