Example sentences of "[verb] it be time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I suggest it is time to examine the structure of the Federation . |
| 2 | If any name appears more than once , then we 'll know it 's time to move . ’ |
| 3 | If you see the caterpillars crawling around on the bottom of the cage , you will know it is time to put some soil there . |
| 4 | I expect it is time to venture out before you get bored . ’ |
| 5 | To the Congress and to all Americans , I say it is time to acclaim a new consensus at home and abroad — a common vision of the peaceful world we want to see . |
| 6 | The specially-fortified milk is enough to sustain her … but now experts at Milton Keynes General Hospital say it 's time to start weaning her on to solid foods . |
| 7 | when they found it was time to go back . |
| 8 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 9 | Whatever happens it 's time to raise one last glass to Cheers and the end of a decade of vintage comedy . |
| 10 | Whatever happens it 's time to raise one last glass to Cheers and the end of a decade of vintage comedy . |
| 11 | 50 chicks and ducklings have decided it 's time to make an impression on the world . |
| 12 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 13 | The dog lobby had clearly felt it was time to take action . |
| 14 | ‘ Brrrrr — ’ he said as the Green Man signalled it was time to cross . |
| 15 | But I do believe it is time to include the people who play rugby in decisions on how they should play rugby . ’ |
| 16 | Now as promised it 's time to zig zag to the onion bag … what is this man talking about … it 's football speak from Cambridge manager John Beck whose team play Swindon tomorrow … it 's the order he gives to his strikers before a game … zig zag … well that means running … weaving with the ball … the onion bag is the goal net of course … so here we go with this week 's football roundup |
| 17 | But finally deciding it was time to move off , and doing his best to ignore the rooks , which began to mob him again the moment he took flight , he flew three hundred yards to another oak which he had been looking at with some care . |
| 18 | She could feel the tension building up in his body , and guessed it was time to put on her act . |
| 19 | If you are holding a loop of line from the reel , and you feel a bite , you can feed this loop to the fish until you know it is time to strike . |
| 20 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 21 | ‘ It is very evident that since the publication of the paperback the campaign against it has subsided , to such an extent that even one of my most hardline critics , the British Muslim Dr Kalim Siddiqui , was recently quoted in the Guardian as saying it is time to forgive and forget , which is a rather extraordinary volte-face from someone who was until recently asking for my head on a plate . |
| 22 | Encouraged by this early success , he decided it was time to visit Spanish Elle , and turned up uninvited at their Madrid offices late one Friday afternoon . |
| 23 | This autumn Anne-Marie Kelly , a parishioner at the Cathedral and former student at S. Martin 's College , decided it was time to celebrate a Mass at the beginning of the Academic Year . |
| 24 | After a long preliminary chat with the man from the LER , Chapman decided it was time to press home the point . |
| 25 | ‘ But we now have a strong cash flow able to fund substantial development programmes , and decided it was time to tidy up the balance sheet . ’ |
| 26 | We decided it was time to do something about that , so we took him along to the vet . |
| 27 | ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house . |
| 28 | Supposing the Elders of a Carpet Snake clan decided it was time to sing their song cycle from beginning to end ? |
| 29 | At 75 years of age also decided it was time to take things a little easier and retired on after 13 years with the company . |
| 30 | As I had already been rock-climbing I decided it was time to take part in the activity which I had been looking forward to , canoeing ! |