Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
2 | She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns . |
3 | He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him . |
4 | I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue . |
5 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
6 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
7 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I just decided it was time I … knew more . |
10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
11 | He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman . |
12 | I felt it was security yer wanted . |
13 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
14 | Philip knew it was time he was getting back . |
15 | The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly . |
16 | thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up |
17 | ‘ Because my aunt — Emily 's mother — thought it was time we … ’ he gestured to Emily , who was peeling off her eggshell , ‘ … time we met . ’ |
18 | I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend . |
19 | She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office . |
20 | His bosses thought it was time he got back into |
21 | The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into . |
22 | Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service . |
23 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
24 | About three months before I finally , I was husband made me go to the doctor or go to the doctors for me and that 's when I realized it was depression I did n't know anything about it then . |
25 | I do n't deny I hoped it was Dysart she was planning to ruin — I wondered if there 'd been a lovers ’ tiff — but she let nothing slip . |
26 | erm said it 's oak I think she said . |
27 | She said it was time something was done . |
28 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
29 | Prime Minister Paias Wingti , questioned in parliament on the need for continued links with Britain , said it was time his country reviewed its constitution after 17 years of independence . |
30 | Said it was time he did , meaning Maurice had so many kids and … well , you can get the message . ’ |