Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 2 | Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt . |
| 3 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No — but you dropped a dirty big hint that it 's time I was married , ’ he snapped tersely . |
| 5 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 6 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 7 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 10 | And erm we 've got this big rally er which a fortnight ago Julie suggested that we had a rally I think she thought er you know that it was time we a the public profile up sort of thing . |
| 11 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 12 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 13 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 15 | ‘ I will not tolerate dissent , ’ said referee ‘ Jersey Joe ’ Walcott , who told the other chief offender Moin that it was time he ‘ grew up ’ . |
| 16 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 17 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 18 | I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it . |
| 19 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 20 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 21 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Let's face it , she 's a very attractive girl and it 's time she was married . ’ |
| 24 | Her Christmas show proved she has not lost her touch and it 's time she was fully acknowledged as the comic genius she is . |
| 25 | And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’ |
| 26 | And it 's time you changed , my duck . |
| 27 | He began , ‘ You have been in the House fifteen years and it 's time you were promoted … and I now want you to go to the Board of Education . |
| 28 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 29 | And her parents are dead , and her uncle is rich and influential , and for some strange reason he is quite attached to you , and Jane Postlethwaite is quite attached herself , and it 's time you got married — ’ |
| 30 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |