Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all that activity accomplished , suddenly it was time to order the Christmas tree again , and another cycle was complete . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was time Craig Grenfell looked elsewhere for lodgings , there were plenty to be had . |
| 3 | If that was what he wanted , she would no doubt tell him again , if he wished to forbid the outing , then perhaps it was time for Madame herself to break her long silence . |
| 4 | That boy needed a lesson — well , perhaps it was time he got one . |
| 5 | And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was time for a little more reinsurance . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was time for tradition to change just a little . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was time to go back upstairs . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was time to begin remembering . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was time he told Corbett so . |
| 11 | So it was time to attend to the synthetic pathways , about which very little was known . |
| 12 | Soon it was time for luncheon , and the whole of the downstairs staff was occupied in one way or another . |
| 13 | Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station . |
| 14 | Soon it was time to stop , hum a tune , take a few calming breaths , and generally try to kid myself that nothing unusual was happening here . |
| 15 | All too soon it was time to go and it was almost reluctantly that she drove him back to Brooklands . |
| 16 | Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it . |
| 17 | After we returned home it was time to order seeds for the coming year and get stuck into renovations of Melin Cottage . |
| 18 | Once slowed with the airbrakes one could manoeuvre close in with great accuracy , but with fuel running low it was time to descend to base . |
| 19 | Three days later it was time for the state visit of President Mobutu of Zaire . |
| 20 | Clearly it was time for a vital intervention . |
| 21 | But now it was time to move on . |
| 22 | But now it was time for some wheeling and dealing . |
| 23 | And everyone knew that now it was time for Madame 's famous song . |
| 24 | Now it was time for our first venture out ; luckily the yard was situated amidst very quiet roads , and my husband John had been loaned a schoolmaster called Paddy to act as escort . |
| 25 | By now it was time to fly again , and back at Bigo airport we prepared to go to Portugal . |
| 26 | Now it was time to get the hell out of the area before half a dozen screaming squad cars came to find out what all the shooting was about . |
| 27 | But now it was time to go … |
| 28 | Now it was time to move on . |
| 29 | Now it was time to extend my knowledge with the help of a professional falconer . |
| 30 | Now it was time to use it . |