Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOOZE AND THE BALANCE SHEET Excessive drinking costs companies dear , and many have realised that it 's time to do something about it |
| 2 | Nor that it 's time to curb my virile hunger . |
| 3 | Mr Maclean insisted that it was nonsense to suggest there had been any contamination of the food chain or to make comparisons to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |
| 4 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 5 | Then his uncle had decided that it was time to send him to school . |
| 6 | At the back of his mind , he still half-expected Control to call one day and say the Justice Department had fouled up as usual but everything was all right now , that it was time to send him out again . |
| 7 | ‘ All internment is selective , so it is nonsense to describe it in that way . |
| 8 | This has been quite a long , drawn-out argument , and it is time to remind ourselves of how we got into it in the first place . |
| 9 | A spokesman said : ‘ The ship itself is the property of the Receiver of Wreck and it is theft to take anything from it . |
| 10 | ‘ When you get something like this you always get souvenir hunters but the ship itself is the property of the Receiver of Wreck and it is theft to take anything from it . |
| 11 | I had his confidence — and it was time to chance my luck . |
| 12 | Thank you we 'll just put it on the little table here , look for a bit until it 's time to put it on . |
| 13 | Obviously , you 'll be hiding it in a corner until it 's time to make your move . |
| 14 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 15 | until it is time to do something with them . |
| 16 | The ring I 'd bought was placed on a plum-coloured cushion made of velvet and winked at us until it was time to put it on Gill 's finger . |
| 17 | I 'd put money in their pockets and their favourite possession by their side and then the others would wait by the death-tent until it was time to bury 'em . " |
| 18 | If it 's copy to come it 's a pity because you know that 's that 's not a complete deal . |
| 19 | Is it ? if it was James to give them a message at school . |
| 20 | Clive James , whose Observer column had made him the doyen of television critics in the Seventies , wrote ; ‘ One has been kept from previous series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em by its awful title , but it is time to say what everybody is saying-that the show is a must . |
| 21 | The AR-WACC Women 's Desk was closed this year because it was time to turn it over to an existing women 's group which would take the programme to a new phase in its development as well as broadening the network . |
| 22 | ‘ Martina has to give serious thought to whether it is time to review her tennis career . |
| 23 | Long before it was time to fire he realized that he would have to pull out or crash ; below fifty feet there would be no recovering , not from this angle , not at this speed . |
| 24 | that , that , as a result of that we could be , Leicester City could be at the top of the first division , I know the Chairman follows the Philbert Street Foxes , I would hope that this chamber will support the Leicestershire foxes when it 's time to take our vote . |
| 25 | So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ . |
| 26 | The same car registered just a week or two later in January will be worth several hundred pounds more when it 's time to trade it in . |
| 27 | Everyone stands at one end of the pool , and when it is time to start I swim to the end of the pool and come back . |
| 28 | When it was time to leave they had difficulty in getting off the island . |
| 29 | Aggie persevered with the kitten and when it was time to get it neutered she went along to the local vet , who informed her that the tomcat was in fact a ‘ she ’ . |