Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun sg] for him [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 | It was time for him to take action . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It was time for him to leave as well . |
5 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It was time for him to intervene . |
9 | 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 . |