Example sentences of "be high time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's high time somebody did — and how you tolerate her I 'll never know .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves .
4 It 's high time we kept some of the old G M W rules .
5 Well , it 's high time you did , Harris .
6 But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’
7 It 's high time you two were friends again .
8 The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it .
9 Luis , it 's high time you were off watch !
10 ‘ 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 .
11 You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’
12 ‘ Then it 's high time you stopped behaving like a child , young lady , ’ her father said .
13 ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl .
14 And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’
15 If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair .
16 Well , Paul , as a respectable married man it 's high time you went home .
17 " Then I reckon it 's high time you did .
18 ‘ 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 . ’
19 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 .
20 ‘ Talking of desks , it 's high time I was behind mine .
21 It 's high time I was marrying .
22 Like you , it 's high time I returned to the real world . ’
23 ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’
24 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 .
25 It is high time we renewed our acquaintance with young Benjamin Titford , William Charles 's younger brother .
26 It is high time we ceased to allow people to talk about rugby union as a minority sport — even a post-World Cup modest club match on Rugby Special rated two million viewers .
27 It is high time we realised that we are lagging behind and that roads alone can not solve our problem .
28 Bob reminds me — quite rightly — that it is high time I wrote to you , to say how nice it was to see you both , if only briefly .
29 Certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path had been in a shocking state , etc .
30 Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path ; certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path was in a shocking state , etc .
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