Example sentences of "it be [adv] time [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's really time I was going , madame . |
| 2 | It 's about time something was done to help people who have this complaint . |
| 3 | He said , ‘ We 've been through all this before and it 's about time they were getting things right . |
| 4 | Look at my windows and think it 's about time they were cleaned |
| 5 | Well I think it 's about time we was going Geoff if you 've |
| 6 | ‘ I think it 's about time we were going to chapel , Madam ’ , said her companion . |
| 7 | Yeah it 's about time it were shaken up now that Labour Party er this government er , erm they 're agreeing to this , this has to be done and that has to be done you put notices up on buses all over Britain no smoking in the buses , now in the big restaurants they 're going to have to between now and July put notices up , no smoking in restaurants |
| 8 | ‘ It 's about time I was going , Burns . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But it 's about time there was some breakfast on the table . |
| 10 | He had caused enough turmoil over the years and it was about time he was taught the rights and wrongs of life . |
| 11 | The house was old ; her father had said it was about time it was pulled down . |