Example sentences of "it [be] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ Now it is time for us to part , alas , alas ! |
| 62 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 63 | It is time for our expedition to begin . |
| 64 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 65 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 66 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 67 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 68 | It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts . |
| 69 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 70 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 71 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 72 | ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 . |
| 73 | After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda . |
| 74 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 75 | It was time for her afternoon appointment . |
| 76 | It was time for me to disappear . |
| 77 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 78 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 79 | ‘ 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 . |
| 80 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 81 | 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 . |
| 82 | Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave . |
| 83 | Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania . |
| 84 | It was time for me to go . |
| 85 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 86 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 87 | The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready . |
| 88 | ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’ |
| 89 | eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made |
| 90 | Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home . |