Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it be time " in BNC.

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1 I realised it was time to move out .
2 I expect it is time to venture out before you get bored . ’
3 To the Congress and to all Americans , I say it is time to acclaim a new consensus at home and abroad — a common vision of the peaceful world we want to see .
4 He says : ‘ I suggest it is time to examine the structure of the Federation .
5 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 .
6 I hope it is time for a change of Government .
7 I know it 's time for audience participation .
8 I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue .
9 ‘ Well , I reckon it 's time to play ‘ em . ’
10 After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out .
11 Now that we 're well into the New Year and little seems to be happening on the rock , I guess it 's time for the traditional retrospective .
12 ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now .
13 However , my presence was clearly unsettling its regular inhabitants so I decided it was time to make a move — and time to confront Charles Howard .
14 I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house .
15 Equipped with such information , I decided it was time to hit the streets .
16 When other nations subsequently joined the EEC , I decided it was time to hold fire on future Antichrist prophecies .
17 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 .
18 After three weeks of perch work I decided it was time to start training her to fly from other locations .
19 Now I decided it was time to find out .
20 Helen continued to circulate ; I decided it was time for a pee and then maybe some food , which took me via the garden ( there was a queue for the downstairs loo , and the upper part of the castle was locked ) to the kitchen .
21 I decided it was time to look into the Bunker properly , and set off along the bank at a jog , swinging round the southernmost dune towards the old pillbox .
22 I decided it was time for a change . ’
23 I decided it was time to return . ’
24 ‘ 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 . ’
25 As I had already been rock-climbing I decided it was time to take part in the activity which I had been looking forward to , canoeing !
26 I know you 're only doing your duty ; I suppose it 's time I did mine . ’
27 I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave .
28 Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest .
29 ‘ I assure you , Caroline , when I decide it is time to take a wife , I will choose the correct one for a man in my position . ’
30 I FEEL it is time that someone spoke out about our appalling refereeing standards .
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