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 .
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