Example sentences of "[pron] be time they [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | For it 's time they saw more of me in the south , Iago , where I shall not be expected . |
2 | Sliwa said : ‘ If people are going to like you it 's time they know the truth . |
3 | I really think it 's time they allowed me to join . |
4 | It 's time they earned their wages ! ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It 's time they joined the game . ’ |
7 | He said the flights amounted to £6,000 of taxpayers ' money : ‘ It 's time they paid the money back . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’ |
10 | Their record on crime is a disaster , and it is time they gave way to a Government who have the imagination and policies to tackle crime fundamentally , not at the periphery . |
11 | ‘ It is time they showed up and faced the music , ’ he said . |
12 | It is time they started delivering on their promise . ’ |
13 | It is time they pulled in their belts like everyone else is having to . |
14 | It is time they forgot their obsession with the money markets and concentrated on real issues , like saving the NHS . |
15 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
16 | It was time they transferred their attentions from ‘ the municipal privy ’ to suites at top hotels where those sort of drugs deals are carried out . |
17 | Perhaps , thought Theodora dispassionately , it was time they had to answer advertisements for their posts , satisfy a set of agreed criteria and become answerable to those who paid for their upkeep . |
18 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
19 | She took in the scene and told Seth it was time they straightened out . |
20 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |
21 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |