Example sentences of "it was [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It was time for him to intervene . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
| 35 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 36 | When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . |
| 37 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 38 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
| 39 | It was time for us to get on with the climbing . |