Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it be time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 2 | The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly . |
| 3 | Philip knew it was time he was getting back . |
| 4 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 5 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 6 | His bosses thought it was time he got back into |