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

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1 Whether it were coat she had on or not
2 If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her .
3 It 's idlitis she 's got .
4 It 's shame she ran so badly , but at least we know why . ’
5 ‘ I thought to myself , Martha must be growing up now , it 's time she left the country and came to live with me and go to a good school . ’
6 ‘ Do n't you think it 's time she realized he did ? ’
7 It 's time she did it by herself .
8 Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown believes it is time she coughed up .
9 Whereas your letters indicate that loyal subjects who have previously supported the Monarchy now feel that mistakes need to be acknowledged and if Her Majesty is not to be seen as hopelessly out of touch and out of date it is time she stood up and publicly said sorry .
10 She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain .
11 It was anger she felt .
12 It was death she had been expecting , after all .
13 Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire .
14 He made quite a fuss about it , saying it was time she left the nest , stood up to the forceful Elise and lived her own life .
15 her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself .
16 Regret not seeing Prague though she might , perhaps , she began to wonder whether it was time she returned to England .
17 Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order .
18 It was time she dressed and saw to his meal .
19 It was time she surfaced and told him what she was up to .
20 This time Reception said they had run out of vases and , whatever he 'd done , did n't she think it was time she forgave him ?
21 It was time she did a bit of hurting , too .
22 Perhaps her family were right ; maybe it was time she settled down .
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