Example sentences of "it was about time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about time we had a match where everything went right . |
| 2 | He took stick from everyone his mates said it was about time they had a good laugh . |
| 3 | It had been in his possession for quite a while and Broomhead felt it was about time he sold the thing . |
| 4 | Also it was about time he learnt that bossing her around would n't be a push-over for him . |
| 5 | He moved forward and pulled at the bell rope , it was about time he put the wheels into motion , the wheels that would prove his innocence . |
| 6 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
| 7 | Suddenly she realized that her phobia was beginning to make her a prisoner in her own home , and that it was about time she sought help in overcoming it . |
| 8 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |
| 9 | And it was about time she started making a few waves , she told herself firmly . |
| 10 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 11 | ‘ We thought it was about time it came again . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |
| 13 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 14 | I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out . |
| 15 | She said it was about time I started bringin' in some dosh , ‘ specially now the ole man 's on short time . |