Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] [prep] [pers pn] [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 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
6 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
7 It was time for me to go .
8 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
9 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
10 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
11 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
12 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
13 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
14 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
15 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 .
16 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
17 ‘ 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 .
18 It was time for me to disappear .
19 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
20 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
21 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 .
22 ‘ 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 .
23 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
24 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
25 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
26 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 .
27 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
28 It was time for him to take action .
29 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 .
30 It was time for him to leave as well .
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