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Example sentences for "about time"

  • Incidentally, it occurs to me that it's about time to think of going home.

  • It's about time I blew the lid off and said a few things about Bill Holton.

  • You see it's about time to select an heir-apparent for Brockhurst.

  • What do you say, Maria--about time we toddled off to bed?

  • I don't want to bother you; but really it's about time we were moving.

  • Seeing that you have no more to keep you here, it is about time we went also.

  • About time to begin it, master," the Dane said, "if we do not want to run our heads into parties from the palace.

  • About time, too," growled Erling as we pulled up.

  • But I think it's about time to drop theory and see to the practice," he continued, getting up from his chair and going to the signal board in the conning-tower.

  • Now that I come to think of it, I've been up about fifteen Earth-hours, so it's about time I went and had a sleep.

  • But," he went on, "I think it's about time we were stopping this headlong fall of ours.

  • Then don't you think it is about time we did?

  • If you'll allow me to explain--" I ventured, thinking it about time I took a hand in the dialogue.

  • I reckon it's about time to try our cattle in the New York market," he said at length to Keith.

  • I think it's about time to do something with that land.

  • But, by the way, Edna, before you begin, I will say that I think it is about time he should write.

  • Yes," said the captain, "it is about time.

  • We are getting on toward the end of this voyage, and it is about time to give up that fancy.

  • It is about time to deny the existence of that which does not exist.

  • Come on, it's about time we thought of something to eat.

  • It's about time I gave Detroit a hint," he thought.

  • Guess it's about time I thought about moving.

  • Well, then, it is about time he was getting to work.

  • Well, it's about time, then, that he lost his grip.

  • Well, Kitty, don't you think it is about time to give somebody the right?

  • I guess, if we're going in, it's about time.

  • Don't you think it's about time we took to our bunks?

  • It's about time for us to find out how much of this is reckless devilishness on the part of hired men and how much the big men really know of what is being done on this coast, sir.

  • It's about time to have a little action in this place.

  • Isn't it about time for a real man to help Captain Mayo instead of hindering him?


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "about time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about five; about fourteen; about latitude; about midnight; about noon; about one; about right; about seventy; about six; about sixteen; about some; about that; about the; about them; about thirty; about this; about twice; about two miles from; dear aunt; each battalion; further advance; general terms; know ourselves; party state; who told; wrong done