Example sentences of "[adv] it be [noun sg] [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 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 . |
| 15 | Dalglish said : ‘ We have played worse than that this season , but now it 's time we pulled our socks up . ’ |
| 16 | Understandably thinking that he had achieved an odd escape , declarer gleefully played off three rounds of diamonds to discard his losing club , but now it was West who took the setting trick when he was able to ruff . |
| 17 | Oh well it were painter who died . |
| 18 | But here it is epigraphy which has added most strikingly to our knowledge : as early as Herodotus ' day there had been Persians with names like Megabates at Halikarnassus ( ML 32 ) , and new inscriptions from fourth-century Labraunda , a sanctuary in Persian-held Karia , attest the Iranian proper names Phrathethnes and Ariarames ( Inscriptions of Labraunda 77 ; 28 ) . |
| 19 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 20 | I think it 's part of a vicious circle , that sometimes it 's guilt which leads to depression and then women feel guilty about being depressed and that 's why they take what is on offer to them . |
| 21 | ‘ Incidentally , talking about children — maybe it 's time we thought about having some of our own ? ’ he murmured softly . |
| 22 | Maybe it 's time we began to roar like stags in the rut . |
| 23 | And maybe it 's time we punctured |
| 24 | Maybe it 's time you came down to see what 's going on at Theatre in the Mill . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe it 's time I learned a little more about you , about what makes you tick . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe it was time you got lucky , Bill … |
| 27 | I hung in there another year shredding a few more files saying maybe it was time I went back to the law and when I got this offer … |
| 28 | Perhaps her family were right ; maybe it was time she settled down . |
| 29 | I think if parents are concerned and feel that their child is brighter than his performance shows , then it is time they took some action . |
| 30 | ‘ And if you do n't control the trust , Adam , then it 's time we knew who does . |