Example sentences of "[adv] it be [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's time we visited our noble Prince of Wales and the Lord Gaveston at Woodstock . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps it 's time you had a real rest , Buzz . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , we do , so perhaps it 's time you met your companions . |
| 4 | If your drill and driver bits manage to hide in every nook and cranny of your tool box , and you can never find just the size you want , when you want it , perhaps it 's time you got organised , with a set of drill and driver bits in their very own case . |
| 5 | Or perhaps it is Claudine you do not like ? ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps it is hindsight which has allowed us to understand fully the sheer technique that went into Bogart 's acting but many people at Warners could see Mayo 's point that he was just the type of actor needed to breathe life into the kind of story that the writers were making into a speciality . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is time we had a choice between parties which agree that liberal free-market economics are here to stay . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is time we placed less emphasis on our role as individual therapists teaching specialist skills , and moved towards the position of educators and organizers of self-help services . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , Bewdsley , since I appear to be saddled with this place , perhaps it is time you told me precisely what I am worth ? ’ |
| 11 | If you are unable to answer any of these questions , perhaps it is time you considered your insurance requirements . |
| 12 | That boy needed a lesson — well , perhaps it was time he got one . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was time he told Corbett so . |
| 14 | Ironically enough it was Helsinki which introduced the change . |
| 15 | So it was Bernie we got talking to in the pub about a name for the band . |
| 16 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 17 | One group of people consider fishing men 's work and weaving women 's , while two hundred miles away it is women who fish and men who weave . |
| 18 | Forest are at home tonight it 's Millwall who try and stop Stammon and we of course will be there too . |
| 19 | John is n't satisfied with it , we are bogged down , and finally it is Campbell who comes up with a plausible route through drunken , volatile shifts of feeling . |
| 20 | Finally it was Alexei who made a noise , which might have indicated either disgust or anger , then brushed past . |
| 21 | Finally it was Burun who brought the matter into the open . |
| 22 | His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about . |
| 23 | Well I do n't I said , I said I 'll take it , but I said that I really do n't , I mean I said it 's really , I said I 've explained very carefully it 's Iris who had all that yes , ah , but here 's a script , so you see , that had at least got through |
| 24 | Four months later it was Legasov who led the Soviet delegation to the Vienna conference on the disaster , and it was the forcefulness of his opening five-hour speech that established the conventional wisdom about Chernobyl : that it had been caused by human error among the operators , that the measures taken to protect the population had been adequate , and that the Soviet Union had nothing to hide . |
| 25 | Seven years later it was Meg who got him the audition on TV 's Opportunity Knocks which was to give him his big break . |
| 26 | Ironically it was Distillery who settled into the game and looked dangerous in a brief spell midway through the first half but in the space of two minutes Stephen Baxter 's shot was touched away by Kevin McKeown and midfielder Philip Mitchell 's header landed on the roof of the net . |
| 27 | Now it is Laci who initiates the great ideas , but I am always part of the realisation . |
| 28 | Now it 's Dominic who hovers selfconsciously , scribbling busily on a yellow legal pad . |
| 29 | Dalglish said : ‘ We have played worse than that this season , but now it 's time we pulled our socks up . ’ |
| 30 | Now it was Ronni who cut across him . |