Example sentences of "it be [noun] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 32 | It is time for us to thank . |
| 33 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 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 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 36 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 37 | It was time for me to go . |
| 38 | The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready . |
| 39 | eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made |
| 40 | Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave . |
| 41 | Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania . |
| 42 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 43 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 44 | ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’ |
| 45 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 46 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 47 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 48 | It was time for me to disappear . |
| 49 | And he was always up before it was time for her to call him . |
| 50 | When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates . |
| 51 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 52 | ‘ 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 . |
| 53 | Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home . |
| 54 | Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go . |
| 55 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 56 | The beeper alarm on Diane 's watch sounded as they were driving back , the signal that it was time for her to go and collect the litterbug Jed from his minder . |
| 57 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |
| 58 | It was time for him to take action . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | It was time for him to leave as well . |