Example sentences of "[pers pn] be time [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it 's time they were paid for doing a full time job , which dominates their lives and saves the state thirty billion pounds each year … |
| 2 | It 's time we were getting them on again . |
| 3 | Ignoring Colin she spoke to Norman : ‘ Look , it 's time we were going . |
| 4 | But the town 's MP , John Patten says 23 years later , it 's time it was updated . |
| 5 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 6 | It 's time you were packing up your things . ’ |
| 7 | He began , ‘ You have been in the House fifteen years and it 's time you were promoted … and I now want you to go to the Board of Education . |
| 8 | So says aye , it 's time I was getting something done . |
| 9 | Do n't you think it 's time I was allowed to decide what I want to wear for myself ? ’ |
| 10 | It 's time he was put down . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's time she 's wed , ’ he answered his wife aloud . |
| 12 | It is time we were told . |
| 13 | Modest , charitable in his judgments , never censorious , Jim may be thought to carry tolerance almost too far ( it is time he was convicted of some venial fault ) . |
| 14 | Maybe it is time you were made to come out of your shell . ’ |
| 15 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 16 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
| 17 | Over his shoulder she glanced at the clock over the door — the hands seemed to be moving very fast and she was reluctant to say it was time she was going . |
| 18 | He says , well it was time you were thinking about it . |
| 19 | The sun was beginning to set , it was time he was gone . |
| 20 | Philip knew it was time he was getting back . |