Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be about time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is why the eternal words , ‘ Do you think that it 's about time we started a family ? ’ rarely fall from men 's lips . |
| 2 | Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home . |
| 3 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 4 | Suddenly she realized that her phobia was beginning to make her a prisoner in her own home , and that it was about time she sought help in overcoming it . |
| 5 | It 's a profession and it 's about time they started to act like professionals . ’ |
| 6 | He said , ‘ We 've been through all this before and it 's about time they were getting things right . |
| 7 | Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other . |
| 8 | The music industry is a rip-off and it 's about time something is done about it ! |
| 9 | We can do without anybody but this movement in that document , and it 's about time somebody starts listening . |
| 10 | A case of bread and circuses , and it 's about time someone said it for the rave generation . |
| 11 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
| 12 | ‘ I was being sarcastic , as well you know , and it 's about time you knew that Steve and I are n't — . ’ |
| 13 | I if you do n't like the sound of it Mrs then I 'm sorry for you but this is what democracy is all about and it is about time you listened to what people have to say . |
| 14 | I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out . |
| 15 | He had caused enough turmoil over the years and it was about time he was taught the rights and wrongs of life . |
| 16 | And it was about time she started making a few waves , she told herself firmly . |
| 17 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
| 18 | ‘ But it 's about time there was some breakfast on the table . |