Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] time for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining void shields were doing their best to bleed hostile energies away as heat , but there was n't time for it to radiate away . |
| 2 | When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home . |
| 3 | It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon . |
| 4 | There had not been a crisis for about six months , though , so it was clearly time for one . |
| 5 | Some signal had obviously been given , though Alexandra had not seen it , and now it was plainly time for everyone to turn and talk to their other neighbour . |
| 6 | It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave . |
| 7 | It was surely time for me to take life more seriously . |
| 8 | Helen said , ‘ It was n't time for him to be home yet . ’ |
| 9 | It was now time for him to call in his battlegroup to tell his men of their achievements . |
| 10 | It was almost time for her appointment . |
| 11 | It was almost time for her mistress 's luncheon , and she went towards the back of the hall to the breakfast parlour , one of the few rooms still in use , to see if Mrs Diggory had as yet laid out the tray . |