Example sentences of "it was time [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 2 | It was time they transferred their attentions from ‘ the municipal privy ’ to suites at top hotels where those sort of drugs deals are carried out . |
| 3 | Perhaps , thought Theodora dispassionately , it was time they had to answer advertisements for their posts , satisfy a set of agreed criteria and become answerable to those who paid for their upkeep . |
| 4 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 5 | She took in the scene and told Seth it was time they straightened out . |
| 6 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |
| 7 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 8 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 11 | Regret not seeing Prague though she might , perhaps , she began to wonder whether it was time she returned to England . |
| 12 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 13 | It was time she dressed and saw to his meal . |
| 14 | It was time she surfaced and told him what she was up to . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | It was time she did a bit of hurting , too . |
| 17 | Perhaps her family were right ; maybe it was time she settled down . |
| 18 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 19 | I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe it was time you got lucky , Bill … |
| 21 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps it was time he told Corbett so . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | That boy needed a lesson — well , perhaps it was time he got one . |
| 25 | The RSPCA described French as callous and inept and it was time he got his comeuppance . |
| 26 | His bosses thought it was time he got back into |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ chipped in Dominic , deciding it was time he made his contribution . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |