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 . ’
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