Example sentences of "be about time [pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's about time we loosened up a bit anyway . |
| 2 | Parent : It 's about time you tidied up your socks . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's about time you pushed off , Piper ? |
| 4 | ‘ You know I really think it 's about time I took up smoking again , gentlemen . ’ |
| 5 | I think it 's about time I went back home . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
| 8 | ‘ I just think it 's about time I moved on , you know . |
| 9 | ‘ Listen , Maurice , as I say I am now playing the lead in this show , and I think it is about time you sorted out some deal on the money I get for doing it . ’ |
| 10 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |