Example sentences of "was [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 4 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |
| 5 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 6 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 7 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 8 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 9 | She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him . |
| 10 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |