Example sentences of "it [be] time for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Now it is time for us to part , alas , alas !
32 That it is time for us to take our rightful place .
33 It was time for me to disappear .
34 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
35 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
36 ‘ 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 .
37 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
38 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 .
39 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
40 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
41 It was time for me to go .
42 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
43 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
44 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
45 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
46 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
47 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
48 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
49 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 .
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 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
54 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
55 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
56 ‘ 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 .
57 Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell .
58 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 .
59 It was time for him to leave as well .
60 It was time for him to intervene .
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