Example sentences of "it be [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I think it 's time we got back to work , do n't you ? ’ |
| 32 | ‘ I think it 's time we got you something to drink . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ It 's time we got this marraige question settled . |
| 34 | It 's time we lifted some of it . |
| 35 | It 's time we took a load off your mind . |
| 36 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 37 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 38 | It 's time we made a man of you , aye , and time you stopped fooling with girls and halfwits . " |
| 39 | Glancing at his watch , he added , ‘ It 's time we made our way to the dining-room . |
| 40 | ‘ Incidentally , talking about children — maybe it 's time we thought about having some of our own ? ’ he murmured softly . |
| 41 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 42 | ‘ I think it 's time we left , ’ she muttered , standing up and thereby giving him no opportunity to deliver another of his pointed snubs . |
| 43 | ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC , ’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again . |
| 44 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 45 | It 's time we left ! ’ |
| 46 | NOW the European Community mandarins have gone their separate ways after yet another costly weekend of squabbling and arm-twisting , it 's time we realised that the nations which form what was once called The Common Market actually have very little in ‘ common ’ at all . |
| 47 | It 's time we drunk it . |
| 48 | ‘ It 's time we slept . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Dorothy , it 's time we went to Final Assembly . ’ |
| 50 | It 's time we went home . " |
| 51 | ‘ Hey , you guys , it 's time we went up to change . |
| 52 | ‘ I think it 's time we went back to the boat . ’ |
| 53 | Matthew said , " I think it 's time we went home , Sara . " |
| 54 | Now if you 're quite ready then I think it 's time we went and put the record straight . |
| 55 | ‘ But , ’ Frick went on , ‘ if we are to take our rightful place in history , then it 's time we came out of the woodwork . ’ |
| 56 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 57 | Maybe it 's time we began to roar like stags in the rut . |
| 58 | I think it 's time we began fending for ourselves . |
| 59 | ‘ And if you do n't control the trust , Adam , then it 's time we knew who does . |
| 60 | ‘ These tin cans are killing machines , ’ he adds , ’ It 's time we treated them with respect . |