Example sentences of "[pron] be time [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If there is time and he has any energy left , Bill will also do some gardening .
2 It 's time that they looked at themselves .
3 Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions .
4 ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family .
5 Well do you think it 's time that you started taking time off in lieu ?
6 We sneer at the European Parliament , but it is time that we looked at Europe in other than a partisan way — ’ Ha ha , ha .
7 Erm we 've we 've actually developed social housing really rather as it 's been an opportunity we 've grabbed it and we 've done it , you know , some of it 's been very very good an and nobody 's knocking that but I think it is time that we took stock and actually had a a proper policy and a proper strategy on sa on social housing .
8 The data are piling up thick and fast , and it is time that we paused to examine how far we have travelled and which direction we should now follow .
9 Dr Dowling thinks that it is time that we stopped ‘ tinkering at the edges of the problem ’ of the preregistration year and totally rethought our responses to it .
10 It is time that we turned to the inside of our book and began to explore its mysteries and terminology .
11 It is time that we started reading and hearing more of the good people can do for themselves and for others .
12 It is time that they had a backing .
13 It is time that he visited his constituency and had a look around .
14 Maybe it is time that I came in out of the storm . "
15 She had not told him what Ana had said to her and it was time that he knew .
16 But she had an old-fashioned regard for the truth ; and besides it was time that she gave Strauss another chance .
17 Arlene gave her a small push to indicate it was time and she moved out .
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