Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are long stretches when I forget this experience totally , so much so that when it suddenly comes into my mind again it is each time with the shock of newness . |
| 2 | It is THAT time of year again . |
| 3 | It is that time of year again when we all trail off around the world to some exotic destination to experience some real ethnic culture , or even Mrs Fishfinger 's Bed & Breakfast in Blackpool . |
| 4 | It is that time of year when dawn and dustmen arrive together . |
| 5 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 6 | It is high time for a collection from new voices . |
| 7 | It is high time for this neglect to yield to a more open discussion of these issues and a more positive approach . |
| 8 | And having heard , he said sombrely : ‘ It is high time for her . |
| 9 | ( Clearly , it is high time in this essay that we did just that ! ) |
| 10 | Connolly 's famous valedictory — ‘ It is closing time in the gardens of the West ’ — may be little more than the self-excusing of an indolent man , but what replaced Horizon ( 1940 — 50 ) and Penguin New Writing ( 1940–50 ) was something far brisker and far less mandarin . |