Example sentences of "[be] high time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a little close to Christmas , but that seems a good excuse for a party and it 's high time we entertained some of our friends . |
| 2 | ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves . |
| 3 | It 's high time we kept some of the old G M W rules . |
| 4 | Well , it 's high time you did , Harris . |
| 5 | But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’ |
| 6 | It 's high time you two were friends again . |
| 7 | The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it . |
| 8 | Luis , it 's high time you were off watch ! |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I think it 's high time you stopped looking like something out of the last century , do n't you , my sweet ? ’ her stepmother said . |
| 10 | You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then it 's high time you stopped behaving like a child , young lady , ’ her father said . |
| 12 | ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl . |
| 13 | And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’ |
| 14 | If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair . |
| 15 | Well , Paul , as a respectable married man it 's high time you went home . |
| 16 | " Then I reckon it 's high time you did . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it 's high time you stopped making snap judgements , Mr Bryce , especially as the conclusions you leap to are invariably the wrong ones . ’ |
| 18 | It 's high time you either changed your own personal world of beliefs and ethics or got to work on reforming your community or neighbourhood . |
| 19 | ‘ Talking of desks , it 's high time I was behind mine . |
| 20 | It 's high time I was marrying . |
| 21 | Like you , it 's high time I returned to the real world . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’ |
| 23 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 24 | It is high time we renewed our acquaintance with young Benjamin Titford , William Charles 's younger brother . |
| 25 | It is high time we ceased to allow people to talk about rugby union as a minority sport — even a post-World Cup modest club match on Rugby Special rated two million viewers . |
| 26 | It is high time we realised that we are lagging behind and that roads alone can not solve our problem . |
| 27 | Bob reminds me — quite rightly — that it is high time I wrote to you , to say how nice it was to see you both , if only briefly . |
| 28 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |