Example sentences of "[verb] it be time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 As we sit to yet another cup of greasy coffee in a steamed-up café I suggest it 's time we got out of all this .
2 They say it 's time they were paid for doing a full time job , which dominates their lives and saves the state thirty billion pounds each year …
3 ‘ I seriously consider it is time we undertook a job inspection of Her Majesty as an employer , ’ he added .
4 Graham reckons it 's time his side went gunning for trophies again — starting with today 's clash against Chelsea .
5 Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party .
6 ‘ Just a minute , ’ chipped in Dominic , deciding it was time he made his contribution .
7 I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue .
8 If your exercise programme has lapsed it is time you reinstated it on a regular basis .
9 Now some of his players are saying it 's time he came clean and declared his intentions .
10 He made quite a fuss about it , saying it was time she left the nest , stood up to the forceful Elise and lived her own life .
11 her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself .
12 Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order .
13 how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem .
14 I just decided it was time I … knew more .
15 ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’
16 He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman .
17 As soon as babyhood is over , parents often decide it 's time their toddler Learnt Something .
18 I know you 're only doing your duty ; I suppose it 's time I did mine . ’
19 ‘ I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave .
20 ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’
21 Philip knew it was time he was getting back .
22 The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly .
23 ‘ Because my aunt — Emily 's mother — thought it was time we … ’ he gestured to Emily , who was peeling off her eggshell , ‘ … time we met . ’
24 I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend .
25 She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office .
26 His bosses thought it was time he got back into
27 The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into .
28 Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service .
29 ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped .
30 He feels it 's time we actually set up a working party .
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