Example sentences of "[verb] it was [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
2 | I know it was long time ago , but can you now possibly recall where the information came from ? |
3 | 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 . |
4 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 |
9 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
10 | 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) . |