Example sentences of "be about time [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've had five years of madness — it 's about time we had some sanity in our lives ! ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It 's about time you saw some financial reward for your work and responsibility . ’ |
| 4 | It 's about time you finished that beer . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I think it 's about time you did some work . |
| 6 | It 's about time I hoovered that dump . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's about time I washed these , they 've got all , you 've stuck them all up . |
| 9 | It is about time we had some real law and order in our own country and made the sentences fit the crime . |
| 10 | It is about time we saw some answers . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |