Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] was [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the sealing of the Treaty of Nonancourt it was time for Henry II to carry out the promise made at Winchester last September and deal with William and Vulgrin of Angoulême , Aimar of Limoges and the other defeated rebels . |
| 2 | He spent all his spare time at the Hampstead house now , not only from a liking for the work he was doing for Paul , and Paul himself , but for the sight , the nearness , of Dinah . |
| 3 | In 1947 , in addition to the work he was doing for Lehmann , Minton illustrated two books for Paul Elek — Treasure Island and The Wanderer , an English translation of Alain-Fournier 's Le Grand Meaulnes . |
| 4 | After a few drinks Shildon had mentioned the work he was doing for Eliot . |
| 5 | At the Jamboree it was time for tea . |
| 6 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 7 | At the end it was time for supper , which was almost as uneatable as the bed had been unsavoury . |
| 8 | And so , in the end it was time for sherry at the Manor House . |