Example sentences of "and [pron] be high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was talking to a friend of mine actually on Monday who is erm parti partially Indian and come from India and from Calcutta and she is high caste but she 's a Catholic as well so she 's her attitude 's different she 's lived in England most of her life but she ca n't get over the attitude of some of her relatives in India to the poor because they 're lower caste . |
| 2 | In the 1970s eurobonds were typically placed in managed accounts , international investors had few alternatives to eurobonds , and there was high demand for bonds , all these factors suggesting ease of entry . |
| 3 | But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’ |
| 4 | It is a little close to Christmas , but that seems a good excuse for a party and it 's high time we entertained some of our friends . |
| 5 | The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it . |
| 6 | ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl . |
| 7 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 8 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 9 | Indeed , crevasse rescue is usually banished to the appendices of instruction books on mountaineering skills , and it is high time that an entire book be devoted to unravelling the conundrum of the permanent snows . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 11 | It is clear from the above figures that the Liberal Democrats get a rotten hand at each game of election poker and it is high time the system was changed . |
| 12 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 13 | Sadly , over the years , it has been far too easy for men such as Beck to infiltrate the sloppy system used by many local authorities and it was high time that the Government took steps to prevent further scandals . |
| 14 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 15 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 16 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |
| 17 | She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him . |