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

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31 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 .
32 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 .
33 It was time for him to take action .
34 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
35 It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ .
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 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 .
39 It was time for us to get on with the climbing .
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