Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kadan says it 's ten times the size of Pesth . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Richards says it is high time to rid Austin , the capital city , of practices that critics say stink as much as Mr Pilgrim 's chicken-processing plants . |
| 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 | I do n't think she 's full time work , no |
| 5 | Now I 'm quite happy to argue we 're twice as good as the Japanese , but I 'm not prepared to claim we 're four times as good , which is what these figures suggest . |
| 6 | offices as well , but erm , and I know she 's half time and some offices have only got a quarter , but as I say , she 's the busiest person I know and , and she 's |
| 7 | Well no I do n't work on the nights anyway , you know we 're full time so full time just do n't work nights |
| 8 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |
| 9 | I think I think one of the important things about , about that and perhaps it ne needs building in somewhere else and I know it 's extra time , is debriefing staff |
| 10 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 11 | I know it was long time ago , but can you now possibly recall where the information came from ? |
| 12 | But generally speaking it 's three times the pension . |
| 13 | In any event , if luck was on her side , and by her reckoning it was high time luck paid her a visit , the garage might well have delivered her car to her hotel by now — or at least have telephoned to say that it was ready for collection . |
| 14 | The Tests themselves have been carefully scrutinized for balance and consistency to ensure they are reliable time and time again . |
| 15 | Well I was going to , I was just gon na say , I did n't know exactly , yeah I did n't know exactly what to say but I felt really silly saying it 's visiting times at the moment , or I 'm allowed to see him now , I do n't know I |
| 16 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |
| 21 | We believe it 's high time that both er prison staff and prisoners were able er to seek er an independent outside view , er whenever there are difficulties . |
| 22 | " Then I reckon it 's high time you did . |
| 23 | I feel it is high time B/T were called to account over their disgraceful policy of charging premium rate for calls to mountain weather forecasts like Climbline and Mountaincall . |
| 24 | How does one decide whether company directors are functionally more important than their workers , and if they receive five times as much as workers , does this mean they are five times more important ? |
| 25 | No , I , I knew it was some time but I just I remembered Louise 's birthday because Louise 's birthday was the Friday the thirteenth |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’ |
| 27 | I never realized it 's first time price . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |