Example sentences of "[conj] it be time [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 2 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 3 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 4 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 5 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And he was always up before it was time for her to call him . |
| 16 | They look out of the windows when it 's time for me to come home . |
| 17 | When it 's time for you to go , then you must go . |
| 18 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 19 | Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital . |
| 20 | When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’ |
| 24 | eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made |
| 25 | I 've got to go now as it 's time for me to get my new dresses fitted . |