Example sentences of "[verb] it be [noun] [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 | How did you know it was Dawn coming at the door ? |
| 5 | I did n't know it was Dawn coming at the door . |
| 6 | I expect it is time to venture out before you get bored . ’ |
| 7 | But just then there was a sound in the hall , the door to outside shut , and Jasper , jumping up to look , reported it was Philip going down the street . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It puts formulae in , that 's very useful , as I say it 's formulae uses up most memory , but it does n't put everything . |
| 11 | when they found it was time to go back . |
| 12 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 13 | Whatever happens it 's time to raise one last glass to Cheers and the end of a decade of vintage comedy . |
| 14 | Whatever happens it 's time to raise one last glass to Cheers and the end of a decade of vintage comedy . |
| 15 | 50 chicks and ducklings have decided it 's time to make an impression on the world . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The dog lobby had clearly felt it was time to take action . |
| 18 | ‘ Brrrrr — ’ he said as the Green Man signalled it was time to cross . |
| 19 | It loses it 's fizz dun n it ? |
| 20 | ‘ I assumed it was Pinder going to see Pamela Berry . ’ |
| 21 | But I do believe it is time to include the people who play rugby in decisions on how they should play rugby . ’ |
| 22 | I do believe it was forestry work that he did . |
| 23 | But the museum is desperately short of cash , having had it 's budget cut since 1985 . |
| 24 | The government says schools like Pate 's are better-off out of local authority control … but admit that the school has had it 's hands tied by the rules that say they ca n't spend more on teachers than the county council will allow.The governments proposing a review of the regulations system in 1994 but for teachers at Pate 's who 're facing redundancy and pupils a drop in educational standards this could be too long a wait . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | And erm it had n't got it 's tail docked . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She could feel the tension building up in his body , and guessed it was time to put on her act . |
| 29 | What to do , how to do it and when to do it are instructions passed on by word of mouth from one generation to the next . |
| 30 | 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 . |