Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It 's time we drunk it . |
| 33 | ‘ It 's time we slept . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Dorothy , it 's time we went to Final Assembly . ’ |
| 35 | It 's time we went home . " |
| 36 | ‘ Hey , you guys , it 's time we went up to change . |
| 37 | ‘ I think it 's time we went back to the boat . ’ |
| 38 | Matthew said , " I think it 's time we went home , Sara . " |
| 39 | Now if you 're quite ready then I think it 's time we went and put the record straight . |
| 40 | ‘ But , ’ Frick went on , ‘ if we are to take our rightful place in history , then it 's time we came out of the woodwork . ’ |
| 41 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 42 | Maybe it 's time we began to roar like stags in the rut . |
| 43 | I think it 's time we began fending for ourselves . |
| 44 | ‘ And if you do n't control the trust , Adam , then it 's time we knew who does . |
| 45 | ‘ These tin cans are killing machines , ’ he adds , ’ It 's time we treated them with respect . |
| 46 | I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it . |
| 47 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I think it 's time we did another piece on allergies . ’ |
| 48 | I think it 's time we did some spring — cleaning . ’ |
| 49 | I think it 's time we increased surveillance on all arrivals into Finland . ’ |
| 50 | It 's time we shouted our message from the rooftops — being over 40 , middle-aged , whatever you call it , is fun . |
| 51 | For them , especially , it 's time we caught up with the rest of the European Community and extended to all workers employment protection , pro rata benefits and pay , as well as parental leave and childcare . |
| 52 | It 's time we started shopping . ’ |
| 53 | Perhaps it 's time we visited our noble Prince of Wales and the Lord Gaveston at Woodstock . ’ |
| 54 | And maybe it 's time we punctured |
| 55 | I think it 's time we bivouacked ’ , I muttered , when we had struggled free of the rope . |
| 56 | NUMEROSO : It 's time we spoke of the details , the kinds of new technology to be tested in the city and the precise questions that the experiment is meant to answer . |
| 57 | Dalglish said : ‘ We have played worse than that this season , but now it 's time we pulled our socks up . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ I think it 's time we ventured out on to some grass and a semblance of the real thing , ’ Biddy remarked , fastening her crash-helmet . |
| 59 | ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’ |
| 60 | You know comrades , it 's time we stopped pretending to be something we 're not . |