Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be time for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction .
2 That it is time for us to take our rightful place .
3 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
4 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
5 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
6 When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry .
10 Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election .
11 Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum .
12 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water .
16 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 .
17 ‘ 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 .
18 If you will be abroad on polling day you have to vote by proxy unless there is time for you to apply for , receive and return a postal ballot paper before leaving the United Kingdom .
19 I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over .
20 ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’
21 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 .
22 He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win .
23 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 .
24 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
25 They look out of the windows when it 's time for me to come home .
26 When it 's time for you to go , then you must go .
27 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
28 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
29 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
30 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
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