Example sentences of "it be [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's bound to me , he must get fed up , but eh , he do n't really want a job like , full time , he wants to be able to he gets fed up of it being full time after a while . |
| 2 | IT 'S PANTS-cacking time for atheist scum 'cos soon God 's gon na kill everything and he knows whether you 've been good or not . |
| 3 | And then there are special times ; when planning a family : as an expectant or nursing mother ; when it 's that time of the month ; or simply when you run out of time to eat properly . |
| 4 | IT 'S that time of year when there seems to be a party every other night and it takes a little extra imagination to make you stand out from the crowd . |
| 5 | Bridal Gown It 's that time of the month : Gladwell 's debut collection evokes the cyclical nature of womanhood , throwing down a bloodied gauntlet in the shape of these gripping stories and essays |
| 6 | It 's that time of year again . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's that time of year again . |
| 8 | It 's that time of the year again . |
| 9 | It 's that time of year again when thoughts inevitably turn to weight , and the problem of how to get rid of those extra Christmas pounds . |
| 10 | Primarily because it 's that time of the year when things will start going bad . |
| 11 | It 's that time of year when theatres everywhere are given over to the mayhem that is panto … when men are dames and the principal boys are girls . |
| 12 | Hi , John , it 's that time of the year for us to talk about your pension , look I 'm in your area next week , when can we get together ? |
| 13 | you ha , it 's first time for the whole year you 've seen some of them , and so on . |
| 14 | Afterwards it 's collapsing time in the drawing room . |
| 15 | So it 's less time in the library , and more time with a brush in one hand and this month 's copy of AIM in the other . |
| 16 | It 's double time for Sundays . ’ |
| 17 | There are long stretches when I forget this experience totally , so much so that when it suddenly comes into my mind again it is each time with the shock of newness . |
| 18 | It is THAT time of year again . |
| 19 | It is that time of year again when we all trail off around the world to some exotic destination to experience some real ethnic culture , or even Mrs Fishfinger 's Bed & Breakfast in Blackpool . |
| 20 | It is that time of year when dawn and dustmen arrive together . |
| 21 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 22 | It is high time for a collection from new voices . |
| 23 | It is high time for this neglect to yield to a more open discussion of these issues and a more positive approach . |
| 24 | And having heard , he said sombrely : ‘ It is high time for her . |
| 25 | ( Clearly , it is high time in this essay that we did just that ! ) |
| 26 | Connolly 's famous valedictory — ‘ It is closing time in the gardens of the West ’ — may be little more than the self-excusing of an indolent man , but what replaced Horizon ( 1940 — 50 ) and Penguin New Writing ( 1940–50 ) was something far brisker and far less mandarin . |
| 27 | It was that time of year when England began to prepare for the Guy Fawkes celebrations of 5 November . |
| 28 | But there was not a sound : it was that time in the afternoon when Mrs Prynn was down in the village , Sir Gregory and Amyas were at their books , and the ladies in their chambers . |
| 29 | It was a Michaelmas Day or at least the old erm Quarter Day for paying rents and erm it was generally known in those days as muck spreading because erm it was usual time for erm , the farm workers to get ready for the winter ploughing . |
| 30 | It was high time for a fresh interpretation . |