Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
2 | I think it 's time we began fending for ourselves . |
3 | It 's time we started shopping . ’ |
4 | ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’ |
5 | You know comrades , it 's time we stopped pretending to be something we 're not . |
6 | ‘ It 's time you stopped waving for a minute and listened to me . |
7 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
8 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time you stopped interfering in matters that do n't concern you ? ’ |
9 | ‘ It 's time I began telling you about Constanza . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It is time we stopped talking of despair and started living in hope . |
12 | It is time they started delivering on their promise . ’ |
13 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |
14 | It was time he started getting mad with the freakster and the clever boy . |
15 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |