Example sentences of "be high [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal competence — employees are highly ‘ mature ’ , i.e. they are high achievers who take responsibility for results . |
| 2 | The taxes are high mind you . |
| 3 | The actual vicar was er it was high , a high church , Father and then there was er he was a vicar and he used to live in the vicarage which is higher up than the church at the back of the church Street , and there was Father , he used to run the Boy Scouts troop , and there were , I believe there were , there was two curates , I , I think the other one was named , but in those days either in Street I think it was in Street there was er two or three Sisters of Mercy that used to live down there , and they used to , cos being high church they were able to go , they did n't do any preaching or anything like that but they did parish work around the parish you know , they used to , they used to call them Sisters of Mercy . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's high time somebody did — and how you tolerate her I 'll never know . |
| 5 | It is a little close to Christmas , but that seems a good excuse for a party and it 's high time we entertained some of our friends . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves . |
| 7 | It 's high time we kept some of the old G M W rules . |
| 8 | Well , it 's high time you did , Harris . |
| 9 | But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’ |
| 10 | It 's high time you two were friends again . |
| 11 | The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it . |
| 12 | Luis , it 's high time you were off watch ! |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I think it 's high time you stopped looking like something out of the last century , do n't you , my sweet ? ’ her stepmother said . |
| 14 | You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then it 's high time you stopped behaving like a child , young lady , ’ her father said . |
| 16 | ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl . |
| 17 | And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’ |
| 18 | If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair . |
| 19 | Well , Paul , as a respectable married man it 's high time you went home . |
| 20 | " Then I reckon it 's high time you did . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 's high time you stopped making snap judgements , Mr Bryce , especially as the conclusions you leap to are invariably the wrong ones . ’ |
| 22 | It 's high time you either changed your own personal world of beliefs and ethics or got to work on reforming your community or neighbourhood . |
| 23 | ‘ Talking of desks , it 's high time I was behind mine . |
| 24 | It 's high time I was marrying . |
| 25 | Like you , it 's high time I returned to the real world . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’ |
| 27 | ( b ) the first rise ( after 300 yds ) is High Cliff which is the highest cliff in Cornwall . |
| 28 | One explanation for this may be that for many jobs it is high productivity which leads to low job satisfaction . |
| 29 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 30 | It is high time we renewed our acquaintance with young Benjamin Titford , William Charles 's younger brother . |