Example sentences of "be about time he [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | He is proposing , which is the last thing you would find the United States , statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage , compulsory working week , it 's about time he dropped those proposals which would cost millions of jobs . |
2 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
3 | ‘ Still , it 's about time he learned a few home truths , do n't you think ? ’ |
4 | It had been in his possession for quite a while and Broomhead felt it was about time he sold the thing . |
5 | Also it was about time he learnt that bossing her around would n't be a push-over for him . |
6 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
7 | He moved forward and pulled at the bell rope , it was about time he put the wheels into motion , the wheels that would prove his innocence . |