Example sentences of "it was [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So it was do-it-yourself time , ’ says bill , ‘ and , with the help of my father , we did just that . |
| 2 | I know it was long time ago , but can you now possibly recall where the information came from ? |
| 3 | It was a Michaelmas Day or at least the old erm Quarter Day for paying rents and erm it was generally known in those days as muck spreading because erm it was usual time for erm , the farm workers to get ready for the winter ploughing . |
| 4 | It was carnival time , lights and siren , and Sorvino 's migraine disappeared like a popping soap bubble . |
| 5 | Since it was two-in-a-row time , he had taken a lot more precautions with this one . |
| 6 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 7 | It was high time for a fresh interpretation . |
| 8 | After a decade of being made to feel that you were somehow lacking as a person if you did n't manage to cram thrice-weekly workouts into your schedule , it was high time that a good reason not to exercise emerged . |
| 9 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 10 | Sadly , over the years , it has been far too easy for men such as Beck to infiltrate the sloppy system used by many local authorities and it was high time that the Government took steps to prevent further scandals . |
| 11 | It was high time for Benjamin to get married then — he had waited long enough . |
| 12 | It was high time ad men abandoned their prudish stance and accepted the British public was ready to take the journey round that long hidden bend . |
| 13 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |
| 14 | While some participants argued that values such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression were ‘ western ’ ideas which robbed Africa of its authenticity , others reacted sharply by arguing that it was high time to consolidate democratic societies which are founded on inalienable rights . |
| 15 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
| 16 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 17 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 18 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 19 | It was high time to end this , and release all these overcharged souls into the moist , chilly , healing air of early March . |
| 20 | In his view it was high time ASEAN made a serious study of proclaiming Southeast Asia a nuclear-free zone as a first step towards implementing the zone concept . |
| 21 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 22 | It was high time for practical things , it was time to get a job . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |
| 26 | She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 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) . |
| 30 | And then it was mammoth time and nothing she could do about it . |