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 . ’ |