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 . |