Example sentences of "it be time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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61 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
62 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
63 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
64 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
65 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 .
66 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
67 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
68 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 .
69 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
70 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
71 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
72 ‘ 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 .
73 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 .
74 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 .
75 It was time for him to leave as well .
76 It was time for him to intervene .
77 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 .
78 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
79 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 .
80 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 .
81 It was time for him to take action .
82 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
83 It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ .
84 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 .
85 When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back .
86 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 .
87 It was time for us to get on with the climbing .
88 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 .
89 Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction .
90 There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry .
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