Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 4 | ‘ I will not tolerate dissent , ’ said referee ‘ Jersey Joe ’ Walcott , who told the other chief offender Moin that it was time he ‘ grew up ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 7 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 8 | So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he |
| 9 | And it was Clay he 's dancing through here dancing through there and dancing back dancing back . |
| 10 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |
| 11 | The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance . |
| 12 | If it 's Kerry he 'll be round ! |
| 13 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 14 | No , I do n't think , but if it 's pyjamas he . |
| 15 | Then they were turning into Mahogany Drive and something lurched inside him , as if it was love he was meeting , not death . |
| 16 | If it was Atherton he 'd never get up into the wood and back before his Dad carne home . |
| 17 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |