Example sentences of "[verb] it be time [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we sit to yet another cup of greasy coffee in a steamed-up café I suggest it 's time we got out of all this . |
| 2 | ‘ I seriously consider it is time we undertook a job inspection of Her Majesty as an employer , ’ he added . |
| 3 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 4 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ chipped in Dominic , deciding it was time he made his contribution . |
| 5 | I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue . |
| 6 | If your exercise programme has lapsed it is time you reinstated it on a regular basis . |
| 7 | Now some of his players are saying it 's time he came clean and declared his intentions . |
| 8 | He made quite a fuss about it , saying it was time she left the nest , stood up to the forceful Elise and lived her own life . |
| 9 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 10 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 12 | how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem . |
| 13 | He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave . |
| 15 | I know you 're only doing your duty ; I suppose it 's time I did mine . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
| 17 | The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly . |
| 18 | I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend . |
| 19 | His bosses thought it was time he got back into |
| 20 | She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 22 | The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into . |
| 23 | Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service . |
| 24 | And do n't you think it 's time you went home ? ’ |
| 25 | It was her father who brought colour to her cheeks by saying simply , ‘ Lori , do n't you think it 's time you grew up ? |
| 26 | ‘ But do n't you think it 's time you got back to the ward ? ’ |
| 27 | Do n't you think it 's time you unbent a little ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time you stopped interfering in matters that do n't concern you ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time she realized he did ? ’ |
| 30 | This time Reception said they had run out of vases and , whatever he 'd done , did n't she think it was time she forgave him ? |