Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 2 | Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt . |
| 3 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
| 4 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 5 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 6 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 7 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 8 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 9 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 10 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 11 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 12 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 13 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 14 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 16 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 17 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 18 | I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it . |
| 19 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 20 | And her parents are dead , and her uncle is rich and influential , and for some strange reason he is quite attached to you , and Jane Postlethwaite is quite attached herself , and it 's time you got married — ’ |
| 21 | And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 23 | And it 's time you changed , my duck . |
| 24 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 25 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 26 | And it 's time I left . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
| 28 | He just thinks Heather is a real cracker , and it 's time I settled down . |
| 29 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 30 | Their record on crime is a disaster , and it is time they gave way to a Government who have the imagination and policies to tackle crime fundamentally , not at the periphery . |