Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 3 | ‘ I will not tolerate dissent , ’ said referee ‘ Jersey Joe ’ Walcott , who told the other chief offender Moin that it was time he ‘ grew up ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 6 | And it was Clay he 's dancing through here dancing through there and dancing back dancing back . |
| 7 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |
| 8 | The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance . |
| 9 | Then they were turning into Mahogany Drive and something lurched inside him , as if it was love he was meeting , not death . |
| 10 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 11 | With a performance of such towering strength and breathtaking pathos that it would make the stones weep , Depardieu 's bulk and energy turn Jean into a force of nature even when it is nature he is fighting . |