Example sentences of "be about time i [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's about time I hoovered that dump . |
2 | ‘ You know I really think it 's about time I took up smoking again , gentlemen . ’ |
3 | ‘ It 's about time I took a stroll round the club . |
4 | I 'll try to spare you that , but I guess it 's about time I came clean and admitted it 's by no means a one-man show . |
5 | ‘ I think it 's about time I had a talk with her . ’ |
6 | Actually it 's about time I had a cup of tea . |
7 | I think it 's about time I went back home . |
8 | ‘ It 's about time I went to the dogs again . |
9 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
10 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
11 | I think it 's about time I got my share of the |
12 | ‘ And I think it 's about time I played one … ’ |
13 | ‘ I just think it 's about time I moved on , you know . |
14 | It 's about time I washed these , they 've got all , you 've stuck them all up . |
15 | On the awkward leg some of the worst reasons for tacking are : ‘ It 's about time I did one . ’ |
16 | ‘ Anyway , I 've been so lucky in life I reckon it 's about time I started giving something back — and the club 's the perfect place to do it . ’ |
17 | ‘ My dear , since you will be taking over next week , I think it is about time I explained our system for dealing with our more special customers . |
18 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |
19 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
20 | I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out . |
21 | She said it was about time I started bringin' in some dosh , ‘ specially now the ole man 's on short time . |