Example sentences of "it be about time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I think it 's about time I had a talk with her . ’ |
| 32 | Actually it 's about time I had a cup of tea . |
| 33 | It 's about time I washed these , they 've got all , you 've stuck them all up . |
| 34 | ‘ Anyway , I 've been so lucky in life I reckon it 's about time I started giving something back — and the club 's the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 35 | On the awkward leg some of the worst reasons for tacking are : ‘ It 's about time I did one . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I just think it 's about time I moved on , you know . |
| 37 | It 's about time you realised how serious it all is and the intolerable position you 've put me in with your irrational behaviour . |
| 38 | Well it 's about time you cut up David 's hair . |
| 39 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 40 | It 's about time you treated yoursen . |
| 41 | Yeah , so I think oh well , it 's about time you came . |
| 42 | A : It 's about time you went home . |
| 43 | It 's about time you finished that beer . |
| 44 | ‘ I was being sarcastic , as well you know , and it 's about time you knew that Steve and I are n't — . ’ |
| 45 | It 's about time you saw some financial reward for your work and responsibility . ’ |
| 46 | Parent : It 's about time you tidied up your socks . |
| 47 | Personally I think it 's about time you had a bit of life . ’ |
| 48 | I think it 's about time you used some of that . |
| 49 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you pushed off , Piper ? |
| 50 | He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these . |
| 51 | ‘ Well , I think it 's about time you did some work . |
| 52 | ‘ Then it 's about time you did , ’ he said , indifferent to her embarrassment . |
| 53 | ‘ Then it 's about time you did ! |
| 54 | It 's about time you started done again . |
| 55 | Yes , okay , it 's about time you started . |
| 56 | I said it 's about time you started looking after yourself and not bothering about ! |
| 57 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
| 58 | it 's about time you opened your mouth |
| 59 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you called me Sarah ? |
| 60 | He is proposing , which is the last thing you would find the United States , statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage , compulsory working week , it 's about time he dropped those proposals which would cost millions of jobs . |