Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it be about " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I 'm glad that WISE thing , I mean it 's about time they bloody realized — I 'm convinced that once a woman gets into science she 's just as good as if not better than , any man . |
| 2 | That 's alright love , that 's alright , it 's my fault for being up there , it er I 'm always doing that putting me elbow up , er , it 's a right old'un you know I mean it 's about ten , twelve years old now |
| 3 | But I mean it was about twenty to thirty guys as I said . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 5 | Erm as I say it was about ten to five to eleven and Bob said what are you you know what 's Ron doing ? |
| 6 | Yeah , I know it 's about fifteen P and |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , I 've been so lucky in life I reckon it 's about time I started giving something back — and the club 's the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 8 | The Regional Council was consulted on the previous supermarket application and may be consulted by the District Council on the present proposal , although this is not certain as I believe it is about half the size of the earlier application . |
| 9 | It is too easy to dwell on the environmental down-side of the industry and I believe it is about time we brought home to people the improvements we bring to their life-style . |
| 10 | And as I understand it they came down from somewhere er near they obviously were involved in the slate business and then they or organized their own firm Brothers and I believe it was about seventeen er eighty nine , maybe earlier . |
| 11 | I 'll try to spare you that , but I guess it 's about time I came clean and admitted it 's by no means a one-man show . |
| 12 | When I started it was about two hundred people per ton and now we produce five tons an hour with three people . |
| 13 | Last time I saw it was about 1976 . |
| 14 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 15 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |
| 16 | I say I thought it was about nine pound odd . |
| 17 | I thought it was about fifty thousand . |
| 18 | I thought it was about ten years . |
| 19 | I thought it was about half three or something . |
| 20 | I du n no I thought it was about Half seven ? |
| 21 | I thought it was about ten years |
| 22 | I think it 's about time I went back home . |
| 23 | Later they went to a jazz club in the King 's Road — Uncle Ted had never seen black walls before — where Eva slyly said to Dad , ‘ I think it 's about time we moved to London , do n't you ? ’ |
| 24 | In the July following Hilary 's birth , which had taken place in February , Stephen announced at dinner , ‘ I think it 's about time Seth Walton retired . |
| 25 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 26 | Well it 's erm it 's erm it 's about , I think it 's about eighteen thirty three thirty four . |
| 27 | Personally I think it 's about time you had a bit of life . ’ |
| 28 | It may be too old it 's , I think it 's about twenty years old |
| 29 | ‘ I think it 's about time I had a talk with her . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I think it 's about time we were going to chapel , Madam ’ , said her companion . |