Example sentences of "[pers pn] was time for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was time for him to intervene . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | It was time for him to take action . |
| 37 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 38 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | It was time for us to get on with the climbing . |
| 43 | For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack . |
| 44 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 45 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 46 | Then it was time for my paper-round , followed by school . |
| 47 | It was time for my nightcap . |
| 48 | Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water . |
| 49 | Now it was time for our first venture out ; luckily the yard was situated amidst very quiet roads , and my husband John had been loaned a schoolmaster called Paddy to act as escort . |
| 50 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 51 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 52 | It was time for someone new to take over . |