Example sentences of "be about time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other .
2 Oh good god , it 's about time they got their arses in gear and started doing something properly
3 We , we , we said it 's about time they grew potatoes in that field
4 It 's about time they brought someone like yourself in to sort it out — no offence meant to you , Mr Aplin , but Mr Eddy ‘ ere 's the best detective they 've got up at Scotland Yard , make no mistake about that . ’
5 It 's a profession and it 's about time they started to act like professionals . ’
6 ‘ It 's about time we asked Pam to dinner , ’ said Scarlet one evening .
7 It 's about time we had a pop star called Gordon again .
8 Alluding to the Prime Minister 's enthusiasm for charters , he said : ‘ It 's about time we had a charter for workers ’ rights .
9 ‘ We 've had five years of madness — it 's about time we had some sanity in our lives ! ’
10 It 's about time we got something , do n't , you know for months we scratched round looking like we 're busy , now we 're meeting ourselves backwards , coming backwards .
11 ‘ It 's about time we considered going public . ’
12 It 's about time we loosened up a bit anyway .
13 Later they went to a jazz club in the King 's Road — Uncle Ted had never seen black walls before — where Eva slyly said to Dad , ‘ I think it 's about time we moved to London , do n't you ? ’
14 ‘ Billy , it 's about time we did something about the way you look . ’
15 Work it 's about time we did it .
16 This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know .
17 Which is why the eternal words , ‘ Do you think that it 's about time we started a family ? ’ rarely fall from men 's lips .
18 So we said , Okay ; it 's about time we started having kids of our own .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ Still , it 's about time he learned a few home truths , do n't you think ? ’
22 ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’
23 Yeah , so I think oh well , it 's about time you came .
24 It 's about time you realised how serious it all is and the intolerable position you 've put me in with your irrational behaviour .
25 Parent : It 's about time you tidied up your socks .
26 ‘ I was being sarcastic , as well you know , and it 's about time you knew that Steve and I are n't — . ’
27 It 's about time you saw some financial reward for your work and responsibility . ’
28 It 's about time you finished that beer .
29 A : It 's about time you went home .
30 Personally I think it 's about time you had a bit of life . ’
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