Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [be] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the birds and he thinks it 's time to get up or something . |
| 2 | And although this work has seen him working all over Britain , Ireland , Europe and the US , he thinks it is time for a change . |
| 3 | After the leak of Cabinet minutes on child benefit in 1976 he decided it was time , once more , to have a secrecy law under whose rubric juries were likely to convict . |
| 4 | With this in mind , plus the fact that the evening 's finale was yet to come , he decided it was time to leave . |
| 5 | He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman . |
| 6 | Encouraged by this early success , he decided it was time to visit Spanish Elle , and turned up uninvited at their Madrid offices late one Friday afternoon . |
| 7 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 8 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 9 | Last year he decided it was time to retire and let a younger man do his job . |
| 10 | But Mr Burton , who also represents Darlington Association on Disability and the Access Action Committee , said he thought it was time the political bickering over pedestrianisation was stopped . |
| 11 | He feels it 's time we actually set up a working party . |
| 12 | Now he feels it is time to withdraw . |
| 13 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 14 | When his first patient of the afternoon arrived before he awoke he knew it was time to abandon the diet . |
| 15 | As they reached the entrance gate , he felt it was time to add : ‘ Look , this was n't my idea , you know . |
| 16 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 17 | He felt it was time to ask about the stains on the clothes that Jim Lancaster had taken to the dry cleaner 's . |
| 18 | He said it was time crack SAS troops were deployed to take out leading members of the IRA . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'd been avoiding me , I knew he had , then I met him and he said it was time to finish , ’ Maureen wept . |
| 20 | That match , for ‘ Jacki ’ , is , of course , against England , and he believes it is time for a reversal of recent results between the two countries . |
| 21 | He believes it is time to re-group and try to get back to the negotiating table . |