Example sentences of "it be about time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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31 It 's about time I washed these , they 've got all , you 've stuck them all up .
32 ‘ 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 . ’
33 On the awkward leg some of the worst reasons for tacking are : ‘ It 's about time I did one . ’
34 ‘ I just think it 's about time I moved on , you know .
35 It 's about time you realised how serious it all is and the intolerable position you 've put me in with your irrational behaviour .
36 ‘ 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 . ’
37 Yeah , so I think oh well , it 's about time you came .
38 A : It 's about time you went home .
39 It 's about time you finished that beer .
40 ‘ I was being sarcastic , as well you know , and it 's about time you knew that Steve and I are n't — . ’
41 It 's about time you saw some financial reward for your work and responsibility . ’
42 Parent : It 's about time you tidied up your socks .
43 Personally I think it 's about time you had a bit of life . ’
44 ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you pushed off , Piper ?
45 He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these .
46 ‘ Well , I think it 's about time you did some work .
47 ‘ Then it 's about time you did , ’ he said , indifferent to her embarrassment .
48 ‘ Then it 's about time you did !
49 It 's about time you started done again .
50 Yes , okay , it 's about time you started .
51 I said it 's about time you started looking after yourself and not bothering about !
52 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 .
53 it 's about time you opened your mouth
54 ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you called me Sarah ?
55 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 .
56 ‘ Still , it 's about time he learned a few home truths , do n't you think ? ’
57 Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard .
58 It 's about time she had the courage to do it , herself if she 's in a strop .
59 Yeah , cos er it 's about time she started again .
60 Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home .
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