Example sentences of "it was high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was high water time and , in spite of the fading light , the flat mile of water stood out bright and menacing . |
| 2 | " It was high water at London Bridge at twenty minutes to twelve last night . |
| 3 | It was high tide ; the wild , white-crested waves were dashing against the parade , sending clouds of spray into the street . |
| 4 | By the time they entered the harbour it was high tide and the launch , with the Wheel riding her stern , lay almost level with the quay . |
| 5 | It was high tide and on the wharf the swing-bridge was open to allow a toy ship to enter the toy-town dry-dock . |
| 6 | It was high tide and the thing lay all along the sand . |
| 7 | Oh — it was high spirits and daft and cocky , of course : but it was also self-abasement . |
| 8 | It was high summer , a warm sunny day . |
| 9 | It was high summer . |
| 10 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 11 | Outside , unbelievably , it was high summer . |
| 12 | And it was high time she retired . |
| 13 | It was high time for a fresh interpretation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was high time for Benjamin to get married then — he had waited long enough . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
| 22 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 23 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 24 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 25 | It was high time to end this , and release all these overcharged souls into the moist , chilly , healing air of early March . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 28 | It was high time for practical things , it was time to get a job . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |