Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party .
2 I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue .
3 her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself .
4 Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order .
5 ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’
6 how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem .
7 He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman .
8 ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’
9 The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly .
10 I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend .
11 His bosses thought it was time he got back into
12 She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office .
13 ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped .
14 The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into .
15 Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service .
16 Said it was time he did , meaning Maurice had so many kids and … well , you can get the message . ’
17 Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’
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