Example sentences of "be about time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you pushed off , Piper ? |
| 32 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you called me Sarah ? |
| 33 | It 's about time you started done again . |
| 34 | Yes , okay , it 's about time you started . |
| 35 | I said it 's about time you started looking after yourself and not bothering about ! |
| 36 | He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these . |
| 37 | ‘ Well , I think it 's about time you did some work . |
| 38 | ‘ Then it 's about time you did , ’ he said , indifferent to her embarrassment . |
| 39 | ‘ Then it 's about time you did ! |
| 40 | it 's about time you opened your mouth |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | It 's about time she had the courage to do it , herself if she 's in a strop . |
| 43 | Yeah , cos er it 's about time she started again . |
| 44 | It 's about time I hoovered that dump . |
| 45 | ‘ You know I really think it 's about time I took up smoking again , gentlemen . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ It 's about time I took a stroll round the club . |
| 47 | I 'll try to spare you that , but I guess it 's about time I came clean and admitted it 's by no means a one-man show . |
| 48 | ‘ I think it 's about time I had a talk with her . ’ |
| 49 | Actually it 's about time I had a cup of tea . |
| 50 | I think it 's about time I went back home . |
| 51 | ‘ It 's about time I went to the dogs again . |
| 52 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
| 53 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 54 | I think it 's about time I got my share of the |
| 55 | ‘ And I think it 's about time I played one … ’ |
| 56 | ‘ I just think it 's about time I moved on , you know . |
| 57 | It 's about time I washed these , they 've got all , you 've stuck them all up . |
| 58 | On the awkward leg some of the worst reasons for tacking are : ‘ It 's about time I did one . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 60 | It is about time we had some real law and order in our own country and made the sentences fit the crime . |