Example sentences of "[vb base] it be [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I suggest it is time to examine the structure of the Federation . |
| 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 | The specially-fortified milk is enough to sustain her … but now experts at Milton Keynes General Hospital say it 's time to start weaning her on to solid foods . |
| 5 | It puts formulae in , that 's very useful , as I say it 's formulae uses up most memory , but it does n't put everything . |
| 6 | If you are holding a loop of line from the reel , and you feel a bite , you can feed this loop to the fish until you know it is time to strike . |
| 7 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Now more of our guests decide it is time to get to work . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We have seen too much of this happening during the last ten years and believe it is time to tighten constraints through the use of various mechanisms including statutory Green Belts . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I reckon it 's time to play ‘ em . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now . |
| 15 | What is more , in this day and age it is madness to allow children to roam around after dark knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 16 | After reading your magazine for a few years now , I feel it 's time to send you a letter . |
| 17 | THE more scientists write to The Times threatening to vote Labour unless we give them huge sums of money , the more many of us feel it is time to call a halt to science . |
| 18 | Many feel it is time to improve or change coaching methods . |
| 19 | ‘ We just feel it is time to settle down . |
| 20 | Although production will continue for many years yet , I feel it is time to record what historical production data is available before records are lost and memories fade . |
| 21 | If Australians , therefore , feel it is time to cut free from Britain constitutionally it is probably not before time — and who better to set the ball rolling than the man who provoked a diplomatic incident by daring to put his arm round the Queen during her visit last year ? |
| 22 | When you feel it is time to soothe away the ravages of sea bathing and a little too long on the sun bed , there is a hairdresser and a beauty salon . |
| 23 | So looking at it this way up I mean it 's X equals Y to the fourth plus three and that 's all minus . |
| 24 | They recognise it is time to end the recession , to save the NHS and abolish the poll tax . |
| 25 | You think it 's superstition do you ? |
| 26 | Well I think it 's time to stop now . |
| 27 | I think it 's time to settle those old scores . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think it 's time to say the Rosary , ’ he said earlier than usual , taking out his beads . |
| 29 | ‘ Pleasant though this is , I think it 's time to call it a night , ’ he announced , getting to his feet . |
| 30 | We think it 's time to try to create a new showcase for young galleries . ’ |