Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] be time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen continued to circulate ; I decided it was time for a pee and then maybe some food , which took me via the garden ( there was a queue for the downstairs loo , and the upper part of the castle was locked ) to the kitchen . |
| 2 | I decided it was time for a change . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'd had enough of working in an accounts department , my family had uprooted themselves , and I thought it was time for a change . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Selina said : ‘ She felt it was time for a change . ’ |
| 7 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 8 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 9 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 10 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 11 | In the meantime the people on the boat moored between Bob Nudd and myself decided it was time for a move . |