Example sentences of "time for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ When in general is it a good time for me to phone you ? |
| 32 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 33 | ‘ Now that I 've eaten and drunk my fill it 's time for me to beat away , ’ he said after about an hour . |
| 34 | Or say ‘ It 's time for me to run along — |
| 35 | ‘ 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 . |
| 36 | It took time for me to accept it . |
| 37 | I 'm gettin' too old for that — it 's been ten years , time for me to chill . |
| 38 | It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon . |
| 39 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 40 | ‘ It was past time for me to win a big one like this and play an aggressive final round . ’ |
| 41 | If I had n't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing , this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine . |
| 42 | ‘ It took a long time for me to come to terms with the whole mistletoe thing . |
| 43 | They look out of the windows when it 's time for me to come home . |
| 44 | Okay I 'll put together some ideas based on the areas we 've discussed today and if we can arrange a time for me to come back I can present my recommendations to you . |
| 45 | So when would be the best time for me to come back and present these ideas to you ? |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | It was time for me to disappear . |
| 48 | Well I 'm afraid it 's now time for me to send one of those boring sending off messages that everyone usually skips straight past . |
| 49 | When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates . |
| 50 | Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home . |
| 51 | Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go . |
| 52 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave . |
| 55 | ‘ 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 . |
| 56 | And once broken , once the grief and tears had begun , it would take some little time for her to recover , although now that she had faced what had happened she might do so more quickly and easily than she would have done had she continued suppressing her memories , and refusing healthy grieving . |
| 57 | And he was always up before it was time for her to call him . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | It took only slightly less time for her to remember there were no pillows in the sleeping-bag . |
| 60 | There was no time for her to draw back , nor could she save herself . |