Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 4 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 5 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 6 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 7 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
| 13 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
| 14 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 15 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 16 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 23 | ‘ Course , it 's crap for actors , but it 's experience for you . ’ |
| 24 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah , because it 's money for you to spend |
| 27 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |