Example sentences of "it be [adv] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been only Ben he had seen , or had he been able to look out , however briefly , on the world of the future ; her world ? |
| 2 | I think it 's rather dandy he 's finished off , he 's put this white erm stuff you know what they squeeze from now . |
| 3 | That , no it 's not Colin he 's been in it for ages now . |
| 4 | It 's just polisher he could get a job , see that . |
| 5 | And then I , well if it 's really income he needs , I thought he could look at an equities portfolio for the eighty thousand , say , forty thousand in er groceries and forty thousand in pharmaceutical . |
| 6 | He is proposing , which is the last thing you would find the United States , statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage , compulsory working week , it 's about time he dropped those proposals which would cost millions of jobs . |
| 7 | ‘ Still , it 's about time he learned a few home truths , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 8 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 9 | ‘ But it 's only winos he 's dealing with , ’ Rab said . |
| 10 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
| 11 | It was not licence he wanted ; alas ! not even freedom — his goal was the forcible enlightenment of mankind … . |
| 12 | We sha n't know what else is missing until the relatives get here but it was probably money he was after … for drugs , I dare say . ’ |
| 13 | He had caused enough turmoil over the years and it was about time he was taught the rights and wrongs of life . |
| 14 | He moved forward and pulled at the bell rope , it was about time he put the wheels into motion , the wheels that would prove his innocence . |
| 15 | It had been in his possession for quite a while and Broomhead felt it was about time he sold the thing . |
| 16 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
| 17 | Also it was about time he learnt that bossing her around would n't be a push-over for him . |