Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth . |
| 2 | If it is some time since you last exercised on a regular basis , spend a few weeks following a gentle stretching and warming-up routine . |
| 3 | I said could n't care less if it 's triple time I 'm not coming in on a Sunday . |
| 4 | It looks as if it 's make-your-mind-up time , does n't it ? |
| 5 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 6 | Primarily because it 's that time of the year when things will start going bad . |
| 7 | People only see the good-for-nothing sons who hang around bars getting into fights and pushing drugs ; they do n't see the real shepherd , the man who spends almost all of his life alone , spends his days making the cheeses they take for granted and his nights sleeping sometimes only for a couple of hours because it 's lambing time . ’ |
| 8 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 9 | And then there are special times ; when planning a family : as an expectant or nursing mother ; when it 's that time of the month ; or simply when you run out of time to eat properly . |