Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 32 | Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell . |
| 33 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 34 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 35 | Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin . |
| 36 | Now the day had arrived , and it was time for Matthew to say goodbye . |
| 37 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 38 | Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water . |
| 39 | ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’ |
| 40 | We avoided each other all evening until it was time for the Open University programmes . |
| 41 | Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin . |
| 42 | There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House . |
| 43 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
| 44 | He ate a large tea and Marjorie played snap with him until it was time for bed . |
| 45 | ‘ Of course , ’ Fabia replied , and from then until it was time for her to drive Cara to the airport she listened intently to all her sister had to impart . |
| 46 | And they used to keep them there until it was time for people to go out and then they 'd run them back up to Brid . |
| 47 | I shivered and wondered if it was time for old Shallot to disappear or go ill with ague , but I remembered my promise . |
| 48 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 49 | If Scott had been selected because he was second for both the War Office and the Foreign Office , now that the War Office is no longer required , then surely his claim is now reduced . |
| 50 | Every instant of her time from when she got back from work till it was time for Emily to be tucked up in bed was devoted exclusively to her precious little daughter . |
| 51 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 52 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 53 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 54 | From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father . |
| 55 | And he was always up before it was time for her to call him . |
| 56 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 57 | The early experience of ESAs that I had when I was Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food showed the policy to be important , helpful and constructive . |
| 58 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 59 | Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital . |
| 60 | When it was time for the foal to be separated from its mother , the friends took the foal but no longer visited Shamrock . |