Example sentences of "[verb] it be [noun sg] [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 | And I do n't know it was truth he said I 'm just collecting all the mole skins for somebody 's mo For a coat , but that was just a story I think . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | They had dug up those bones at Wyvis Hall and had decided it was murder they were investigating . |
| 5 | But they hold it is witchcraft which singled out this particular victim for attack and made him the target of the animal 's assault . |
| 6 | ‘ I seriously consider it is time we undertook a job inspection of Her Majesty as an employer , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Graham reckons it 's time his side went gunning for trophies again — starting with today 's clash against Chelsea . |
| 8 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 9 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ chipped in Dominic , deciding it was time he made his contribution . |
| 10 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 11 | She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns . |
| 12 | He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him . |
| 13 | They know it 's sympathy they need . |
| 14 | I do n't think they know it 's Blagg they 're looking for , and if they do n't know that , they wo n't know about Tanner . |
| 15 | I know it was fear which held you back . ’ |
| 16 | I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue . |
| 17 | If your exercise programme has lapsed it is time you reinstated it on a regular basis . |
| 18 | Now some of his players are saying it 's time he came clean and declared his intentions . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 21 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 22 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I just decided it was time I … knew more . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As soon as babyhood is over , parents often decide it 's time their toddler Learnt Something . |
| 28 | I suppose it 's hecause I ca n't do anything uninterrupted and I still ca n't get used to that . |
| 29 | I know you 're only doing your duty ; I suppose it 's time I did mine . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave . |