Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy .
2 Her car was a red MG with the hood down , parked closely ; there was room for her to get in , but not for him .
3 It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
4 It was agony to him to dismiss her .
5 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 .
6 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
7 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
8 It was time for me to go .
9 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
10 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
11 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
12 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
13 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
14 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
15 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
16 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 .
17 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 It was time for me to disappear .
20 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
21 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
22 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 .
23 ‘ 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 .
24 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
25 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
26 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
27 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 .
28 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
29 It was time for him to take action .
30 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 .
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