Example sentences of "that it be time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I feel that it 's time we made a commitment .
2 Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt .
3 That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’
4 ‘ No — but you dropped a dirty big hint that it 's time I was married , ’ he snapped tersely .
5 Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ?
6 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 .
7 Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving .
8 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 .
9 At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy .
10 And erm we 've got this big rally er which a fortnight ago Julie suggested that we had a rally I think she thought er you know that it was time we a the public profile up sort of thing .
11 That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself .
12 With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector .
13 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 .
14 Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation .
15 ‘ I will not tolerate dissent , ’ said referee ‘ Jersey Joe ’ Walcott , who told the other chief offender Moin that it was time he ‘ grew up ’ .
16 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 .
17 Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire .
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