Example sentences of "it be time for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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31 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
32 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
33 It was time for me to go .
34 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
35 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
36 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
37 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
38 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
39 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
40 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
41 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 .
42 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
43 ‘ 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 .
44 It was time for me to disappear .
45 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
46 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
47 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 .
48 ‘ 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 .
49 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
50 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
51 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
52 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 .
53 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
54 It was time for him to take action .
55 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 .
56 It was time for him to leave as well .
57 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
58 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 .
59 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 .
60 It was time for him to intervene .
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