Example sentences of "[modal v] be time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should be time not only to carry out the patient care but also to discuss and evaluate it . |
| 2 | She had a point ; the sports clothes were in the first part of the programme — there should be time for her to change into the wedding dress for the finale . |
| 3 | While games may be useful , and it may well be that there should be time in school devoted specifically to playing games , games are not of themselves drama . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , that should be time enough . |
| 5 | When Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves become serious it must be time for action not talk . |
| 6 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 7 | It must be time to go , maybe to Yugoslavia , East Timor or Iraq , but I suppose they 'll send me back . |
| 8 | It must be time to get up . ’ |
| 9 | Weather or no weather , if she was awake it must be time to get up . |
| 10 | No , but it must be time consuming , yeah , course . |
| 11 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 12 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 13 | After the damaging Westland affair and the loss of two senior Cabinet ministers , there were even Conservatives who thought that it might be time to change the leader . |
| 14 | For example , after a series of late nights and lie-ins ( holidays for example ) , it might be time to get back to our normal hours of work ; alternatively , on retirement , a lifetime of early morning rising can be altered . |
| 15 | Once the dieter starts to lose weight and feels more energetic it might be time to consider further possibilities . |
| 16 | If you are suffering pangs of remorse because of some unintentional action in the past , do n't you think it might be time to tell yourself that you will be more careful in the future — and let the guilt go ? |
| 17 | In 1976 , the centenary of the event , Mr Alan Spedding , the present organist and choir master , thought it might be time to call a halt but met with such opposition from the townspeople that it was decided to carry on . |
| 18 | VIZ magazine creator Chris Donald is right when he says it might be time to call it a day . |
| 19 | THE gentlemanly art of boxing has clouted so many expressions into common usage that it might be time to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |
| 20 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 21 | Once they bump up against the limits of Yalta-redefined , it might be time to reconsider . |
| 22 | Yes , it might be time to phone Gilberto . |
| 23 | Well there might be time , we 'll see how we get on . |
| 24 | Soon it 'll be time to take a long , hard look at tonight 's menu … what 'll it be ? |
| 25 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘ |
| 27 | There 'll be time for further questions , after which you will be free to browse around the Fair . |
| 28 | If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him . |
| 29 | It 'll be time for-round two soon . |
| 30 | By then if nothing 's come out of the search , it 'll be time to start asking everyone questions . ’ |