Example sentences of "think it be [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up
2 ‘ Because my aunt — Emily 's mother — thought it was time we … ’ he gestured to Emily , who was peeling off her eggshell , ‘ … time we met . ’
3 I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend .
4 She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office .
5 His bosses thought it was time he got back into
6 The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into .
7 Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service .
8 ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped .
9 Do n't you think it 's time you unbent a little ? ’
10 ‘ Do n't you think it 's time you stopped interfering in matters that do n't concern you ? ’
11 And do n't you think it 's time you went home ? ’
12 ‘ But do n't you think it 's time you got back to the ward ? ’
13 It was her father who brought colour to her cheeks by saying simply , ‘ Lori , do n't you think it 's time you grew up ?
14 ‘ Do n't you think it 's time she realized he did ? ’
15 Do n't you think it 's time I was allowed to decide what I want to wear for myself ? ’
16 on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its .
17 I do n't think it was romance I thought he kept her in chocolates and cigarettes .
18 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 ?
19 I think it 's hair what 's the ancient name for the Spanish Peninsula
20 I it may not be the case , but I think it 's possibility you 've got to consider , is n't it ?
21 I think it 's Cornerstone one that 's the larger of the two , the three .
22 ‘ I think it 's time we ventured out on to some grass and a semblance of the real thing , ’ Biddy remarked , fastening her crash-helmet .
23 I think it 's time we had a drink .
24 I think it 's time we increased surveillance on all arrivals into Finland . ’
25 I think it 's time we bivouacked ’ , I muttered , when we had struggled free of the rope .
26 ‘ As a matter of fact , I think it 's time we did another piece on allergies . ’
27 ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’
28 That 's why I think it 's time we had a look at his flat . "
29 Abruptly Lorne halted in mid-sentence , in mid-spangle , and said , " I think it 's time we talked about the death scene , John . "
30 ‘ I think it 's time we went back to the boat . ’
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