Example sentences of "be high [noun] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual vicar was er it was high , a high church , Father and then there was er he was a vicar and he used to live in the vicarage which is higher up than the church at the back of the church Street , and there was Father , he used to run the Boy Scouts troop , and there were , I believe there were , there was two curates , I , I think the other one was named , but in those days either in Street I think it was in Street there was er two or three Sisters of Mercy that used to live down there , and they used to , cos being high church they were able to go , they did n't do any preaching or anything like that but they did parish work around the parish you know , they used to , they used to call them Sisters of Mercy . |
| 2 | ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves . |
| 3 | ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl . |
| 4 | Luis , it 's high time you were off watch ! |
| 5 | ‘ Talking of desks , it 's high time I was behind mine . |
| 6 | It 's high time I was marrying . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’ |
| 8 | Certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path had been in a shocking state , etc . |
| 9 | Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path ; certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path was in a shocking state , etc . |