Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if partners or those around you are n't able to help , then it may be time to seek professional help . ’ |
| 2 | It has been stoked primarily by Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Russian vice-president , who has warned that it may be time to review Khrushchev 's gift of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 , and by President Kravchuk , a Communist Party boss turned Ukrainian nationalist . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be time to be a little flexible , ’ said her brother languidly . |
| 4 | It may be time for oilmen to cheer up . |
| 5 | What I get out of these ads is a feeling that it may be time to ban all beer commercials from television , but not because they encourage young people to drink . |
| 6 | But if somehow they do n't , it may be time to start buying Eurotunnel shares . |
| 7 | On the research agenda we need to look at organisation , information , and communication , and it may be time , as this new report suggests , to debate and reconsider the role of outpatient clinics . |
| 8 | If the housing market is some kind of barometer for the rest of the economy , it may be time for a mile sigh of relief . |
| 9 | When Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves become serious it must be time for action not talk . |
| 10 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 11 | It must be time to go , maybe to Yugoslavia , East Timor or Iraq , but I suppose they 'll send me back . |
| 12 | It must be time to get up . ’ |
| 13 | Weather or no weather , if she was awake it must be time to get up . |
| 14 | No , but it must be time consuming , yeah , course . |
| 15 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 16 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 17 | After the damaging Westland affair and the loss of two senior Cabinet ministers , there were even Conservatives who thought that it might be time to change the leader . |
| 18 | For example , after a series of late nights and lie-ins ( holidays for example ) , it might be time to get back to our normal hours of work ; alternatively , on retirement , a lifetime of early morning rising can be altered . |
| 19 | Once the dieter starts to lose weight and feels more energetic it might be time to consider further possibilities . |
| 20 | If you are suffering pangs of remorse because of some unintentional action in the past , do n't you think it might be time to tell yourself that you will be more careful in the future — and let the guilt go ? |
| 21 | In 1976 , the centenary of the event , Mr Alan Spedding , the present organist and choir master , thought it might be time to call a halt but met with such opposition from the townspeople that it was decided to carry on . |
| 22 | VIZ magazine creator Chris Donald is right when he says it might be time to call it a day . |
| 23 | THE gentlemanly art of boxing has clouted so many expressions into common usage that it might be time to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |
| 24 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 25 | Once they bump up against the limits of Yalta-redefined , it might be time to reconsider . |
| 26 | Yes , it might be time to phone Gilberto . |
| 27 | Soon it 'll be time to take a long , hard look at tonight 's menu … what 'll it be ? |
| 28 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘ |
| 30 | If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him . |