Example sentences of "it be about [noun sg] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | He said , ‘ We 've been through all this before and it 's about time they were getting things right . |
2 | Look at my windows and think it 's about time they were cleaned |
3 | Well I think it 's about time we was going Geoff if you 've |
4 | ‘ I think it 's about time we were going to chapel , Madam ’ , said her companion . |
5 | Yeah it 's about time it were shaken up now that Labour Party er this government er , erm they 're agreeing to this , this has to be done and that has to be done you put notices up on buses all over Britain no smoking in the buses , now in the big restaurants they 're going to have to between now and July put notices up , no smoking in restaurants |
6 | ‘ It 's about time I was going , Burns . ’ |
7 | He had caused enough turmoil over the years and it was about time he was taught the rights and wrongs of life . |
8 | The house was old ; her father had said it was about time it was pulled down . |