Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up
2 It 's Stone he wants , really .
3 It 's thoo he mun suit . ’
4 It 's time he came home to me .
5 Now some of his players are saying it 's time he came clean and declared his intentions .
6 Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work .
7 in the summer I usually get him some trainers er cheap , the cheapest trainers anyway , but I mean yes it 's time he has them .
8 It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture .
9 Vinnie decides it is time he spoke .
10 It was love he felt — and not only for her : for the pathetic room , the faded carpet , the floor boards , the stove , everything .
11 Adam suspected that these days Rufus might be quite fastidious about wine , a wine snob even , the kind that savours bouquets and talks about nice little domestic burgundies and so forth , but in those days it was plonk he wanted .
12 But when he came along to tell her it was dinnertime he persuaded her to come down .
13 When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers .
14 Perhaps it was time he told Corbett so .
15 ‘ Have you any notion who might have killed him , Inspector ? ’ said the Bishop , clearly feeling that , if matters were getting down to fundamentals , it was time he played a part .
16 That boy needed a lesson — well , perhaps it was time he got one .
17 The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance .
18 His bosses thought it was time he got back into
19 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 .
20 ‘ Just a minute , ’ chipped in Dominic , deciding it was time he made his contribution .
21 After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car .
22 But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went .
23 It was time he came down to earth with a bump , she thought , literally .
24 Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation .
25 He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find .
26 She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office .
27 Said it was time he did , meaning Maurice had so many kids and … well , you can get the message . ’
28 It was time he started getting mad with the freakster and the clever boy .
29 The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly .
30 I 'd say it was interest he lacked . ’
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