Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] to 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 | Christina Muir : ‘ Coming from a small boarding school evacuated and decimated by the war it was paradise to be with girls with intellectual interests . |
13 | Gone are the days when guys thought it was girlie to be groomed , the new man of the 90's makes a noise about the fact that he knows how to look good and what 's more these guys now have more beautifying products than old socks ! |
14 | It was heaven to be in Roman 's arms , even if he was only playing the part of groom to her bride . |
15 | They all more or less agreed above undercurrents of mutual ill-will that it was time to be hit by the brutish cold again . |
16 | Melissa decided that it was time to be sensible and practical . |
17 | It was time to be honest . |
18 | It was love that kept me going ; it was ambition to be a poet that fuelled Dana 's labour and yoked it with mine . |