Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 3 | I do n't think she 's full time work , no |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 8 | I know it was long time ago , but can you now possibly recall where the information came from ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Tests themselves have been carefully scrutinized for balance and consistency to ensure they are reliable time and time again . |
| 11 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | " Then I reckon it 's high time you did . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’ |
| 21 | I never realized it 's first time price . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 26 | However , he added : ‘ We think it is high time the French government took responsibility for their citizens and should pay for this kind of damage . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
| 28 | She said it 's double time . |
| 29 | He will be joined by local MP Michael Fallon and Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb who yesterday said it was high time Labour told the voters what it was going to do about the continuing problems of congestion and accidents on the A1(M) . |