Example sentences of "[pers pn] be time [pers pn] stop [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’ |
| 3 | You know comrades , it 's time we stopped pretending to be something we 're not . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's time you stopped waving for a minute and listened to me . |
| 5 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's time you stopped interfering in matters that do n't concern you ? ’ |
| 7 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 8 | It is time we stopped talking of despair and started living in hope . |
| 9 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |