Example sentences of "it [be] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Nothing now , Thorny , it 's time for my sleep . |
| 32 | No doubt it 's time for my departure . ’ |
| 33 | Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction . |
| 34 | It 's time for our game . ’ |
| 35 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
| 36 | ‘ It 's time for us to close now , love . ’ |
| 37 | I suppose if you were either one of them it would be nice but I 'd go out and say to them , ‘ David , it 's time for us to do a vocal now ’ and Angie would say , ‘ Oh , Davey Wavey , do you have to leave me now ? ’ , to which he 'd reply , ‘ Oh , Angie Pangie , I suppose I do — old Uncle Tony wants me in the studio . ’ |
| 38 | It 's time for us to join the fight … and the best way to fight is education … ’ |
| 39 | It 's tea-time for my pet rabbit . |
| 40 | It 's tea-time for my pet scorpion . |
| 41 | It 's tea-time for my pet amoeba. 23a . |
| 42 | It is nonsense for us to debate such matters in Committee for an hour and a half and then , at the end of the debate , we vote not on the merits of the matter but on whether it has been considered . |
| 43 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 44 | It is tuition for her and helps her to get over a lot of barriers about performing live in front of demanding and sometimes difficult audiences . |
| 45 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |
| 46 | ‘ Maybe it is time for me to get angry and fight back at those who are fighting me , ’ she said . |
| 47 | You must excuse me now , Isabel , it is time for my rest . ’ |
| 48 | Then it is time for it to find a suitable spot to turn into a chrysalis . |
| 49 | ‘ It is time for you to be down to sleep Janet ’ said her Dad . |
| 50 | ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ It is time for you to serve me . ’ |
| 52 | It is time for us to thank . |
| 53 | ‘ Now it is time for us to part , alas , alas ! |
| 54 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 55 | It is time for our expedition to begin . |
| 56 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 57 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 58 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 59 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 60 | It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts . |