Example sentences of "that [pron] was time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there was general agreement on all sides that Sandys had overstepped the line between sensible and imprudent change , and that it was time to shift the emphasis away from the nuclear end of the spectrum of War and back to a more balanced , central position . |
| 2 | But I knew that it was time to leave , and we said goodbye to them on New Year 's Eve . |
| 3 | He , like the Prince 's detective John McLean and several other staff who served the Prince during his bachelorhood , knew that it was time to leave once he was safely married . |
| 4 | All those things that had once appealed to every instinct inside her for excitement failed to arouse anything but a nagging desire to look at her watch and wonder what time she could reasonably convince André that it was time to leave . |
| 5 | Despite the fact that she had been deeply touched by the open friendliness of the Greek couple , it came almost as a relief when finally Niall signalled that it was time to leave . |
| 6 | When Davies converted a penalty three minutes into the second half , Oxford realised that it was time to take matters into their own hands . |
| 7 | I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead . |
| 8 | After nine years exploring a new operation for large bowel disease we considered that it was time to take stock and objectively evaluate the merit of restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis , familial adenomatous polyposis , and functional bowel disorders . |
| 9 | His narrow escape at Petit-Clamart finally convinced the General that it was time to take action to meet both dangers at once . |
| 10 | They spent the rest of the afternoon in animated discussion — so animated that Folly had gently to point out to her employee that it was time to lock up . |
| 11 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 12 | She knew that it was time to ease off , do n't push too hard , just wait and let it come out . |
| 13 | The wind that day had been increasing with the approach of bad weather and the instructor , who had decided that it was time to stop , was towing the glider to the hangar . |
| 14 | They want to be slim of course , yet after months or years of dieting failure you would think that it was time to stop trying . |
| 15 | Truman commented that it was time to stop " babying the Soviets " . |
| 16 | Today Gloucestershire MPs Geoffrey Clifton Brown and Paul Marland told social security ministers that it was time to stop the flood of so-called easy money to travellers who were n't interested in working |
| 17 | Today Gloucestershire MPs Geoffrey Clifton Brown and Paul Marland told social security ministers that it was time to stop the flood of so-called easy money to travellers who were n't interested in working |
| 18 | It had been , however briefly , a time when her body and her mind had fitted together so tidily and wholely that , waking up one morning and deciding that it was time to go back to Oxford and visit her mother , was neither traumatic nor casual , but straightforward . |
| 19 | He also remembered the goose pimples that appeared on his arms as the evening grew cooler , and how he did n't suggest they went inside because he was afraid she would say that it was time to go . |
| 20 | I do n't remember waking up with the blinding realization that it was time to go : it was more like a very gradual awareness that there simply was n't an alternative . |
| 21 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 22 | Amiss had a fruitless stab at trying to imagine Joan , Kate or Mary tumbling with Ramsbum and then wisely concluded that it was time to go to bed . |
| 23 | The latter decided that it was time to visit the bridge and examine the suspect area . |
| 24 | With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first . |
| 25 | After lots of requests , the company decided that it was time to develop an armoured car for the average American . |
| 26 | After completing a tour of the baroque wonders of Prague , I decided that my detour from the Danube had lasted long enough , and that it was time to head south again . |
| 27 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 28 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 29 | He had decided that it was time to think things through and settle them once and for all , but whenever he started thinking about Zeinab thoughts became memories of touch and smell and look and emotion and he became most unsettled . |
| 30 | Ace decided that it was time to fetch the Doctor . |