Example sentences of "about time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After this extraordinary year it is about time the nettle was grasped . |
| 2 | But it is n't , and it 's about time the public knew that . |
| 3 | ( About time The Sun hit one spot on ) |
| 4 | It 's about time the music press woke up to the fact that rave is the new heavy metal , sucking innocents in and destroying their musical tastebuds . |
| 5 | It 's about time the relevant bodies — BT , the Met Office and AIS — got together and decided to sell what they 've got to the aviating public in a big way . |
| 6 | you have all heard rumours about who is using clenbuteriol and when someone is caught farmers will say : ‘ It 's about time the Department caught up with him ’ . |
| 7 | It 's wrong , Mr Deputy Speaker , if they 're living in this country erm on a semi-permanent basis and happen to have been here last October they 'll have a vote so will any everybody else who 's a citizen of the European union , so will peers of the realm who happen to be living elsewhere whether they 're in this country or outside this country under these regulations and previous regulations , have a vote in the European elections and I think it 's wholly wrong that erm citizens of other European countries namely France because that 's the one and it 's remarkable is it not that France is the one that 's gon na be the cause of this whole edifice collapsing if we do n't submit to their extra demands but citizens of France who are citizens living in their colonies , as I 've said in South America , the West Indies and the Pacific , will have a vote in the European elections on June the ninth and yet we have got citizens for whom we are responsible for in this house , we can not shirk it onto anyone else , we deny them the responsibility and I think it 's about time the house addressed this matter . |
| 8 | It 's about time the IRA gave them some definite information . |
| 9 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 10 | AMALVY/AFP Fisherman 's fury : A French trawlerman hurls a fish towards riot police during the clashes in Paris yesterday ‘ Our fishermen know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book ’ |
| 11 | With cars totally ignoring double yellow lines , double parking , unrestricted unloading and the bus bay constantly blocked up , it 's about time the whole traffic flow in the area of Eaton Road , Honeysgreen Lane and Alder Road was reviewed . |