Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No — but you dropped a dirty big hint that it 's time I was married , ’ he snapped tersely . |
| 2 | ‘ But what you do n't understand is that it 's Leo I 'm doing it for . ’ |
| 3 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 6 | These are pretty hot stuff so it is £80 I am afraid . |
| 7 | ‘ So it 's my brothers really I 'm bothered about — not so much Scarlet , though she is being a bit limp — so it 's Barbs I 'm really worried about . ’ |
| 8 | And it 's time I left . ’ |
| 9 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 10 | He just thinks Heather is a real cracker , and it 's time I settled down . |
| 11 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
| 12 | I have had a wonderful 10 years , but the financial pressures are mounting and it is time I moved on . ’ |
| 13 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 14 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 15 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 16 | no , if it 's Joan I 'm , I 'm not in |
| 17 | ‘ Because Burun will not go — if it was reconnaissance I think he might , but it is not — and so I can not . ’ |
| 18 | Solicitors , I suppose — if it was mine I 'll find new ones . ’ |
| 19 | She said ‘ If it was mine I 'd do it Jim Dine … |
| 20 | I knew if it had been the other way round , if it was Robert I had to ask , he would have said , ‘ On yer bike . ’ ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If it were summer I 'd do it even wi' the children . |
| 22 | Well it 's gon na , mm , yeah , well it 's not pastry cos it 's flour I think we 've mixed it really , I know what you mean , we are going to tip it out of the ooh |
| 23 | " There are other things more unkind , but it is time I went . " |
| 24 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe . |
| 26 | I 've always tried to happen to life ; but it 's time I let life happen to me . |
| 27 | ‘ I hate to break your heart , but it 's time I was on my way . ’ |
| 28 | But it 's Brian I would like to see . |
| 29 | ‘ But it 's Alice I 'm thinking of , sir , ’ Harry argued . |
| 30 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |