Example sentences of "[conj] it was [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 7 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 8 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 9 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 10 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 11 | The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance . |
| 12 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |
| 13 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 14 | ‘ Because Burun will not go — if it was reconnaissance I think he might , but it is not — and so I can not . ’ |
| 15 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 16 | Well it was a kind of fur coat but it was rabbit I think , it was . |
| 17 | Regret not seeing Prague though she might , perhaps , she began to wonder whether it was time she returned to England . |
| 18 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 19 | When it was time I did n't tell Mr Lawler that I was going , I just left . |
| 20 | It fell ill , unknown to the family , and as it was mid-winter it crawled under a neighbour 's balcony to escape from the cold , where it expired . |