Example sentences of "[conj] it was time [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amiss had a fruitless stab at trying to imagine Joan , Kate or Mary tumbling with Ramsbum and then wisely concluded that it was time to go to bed . |
| 2 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 3 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ During that year it was decided that there was life beyond Impact 92 and that it was time to look at a total economic development strategy for the city rather than just a one year one . ’ |
| 5 | We decided that it was time to start on Jack Nopps ' apricot brandy . |
| 6 | The following afternoon , Reynard Lennon admitted he could go no further in this research and it was time to report to Jahsaxa . |
| 7 | He had some notion of hiding in the ruins until it was time to go to the theatre . |
| 8 | Instead he read a paper he 'd bought in Trieste and forgotten to throw away , immersing himself in a debate over the council 's delay in resurfacing the streets in an outlying zone of the city until it was time to go to work . |
| 9 | The children , at first shy , soon lost their inhibitions when it was time to put on the camp play , enjoying a freedom which many other youngsters take for granted . |
| 10 | But when it was time to go to bed , Catherine put her arms round her father 's neck to say goodnight , and immediately screamed , ‘ Oh , he 's dead , Heathcliff ! |
| 11 | The overnight snooze [ all of one-and-a-half hours ] on the ferry was hardly over when it was time to drive onto Reims , where crews from Oslo , Berlin and Edinburgh met for a deserved rest . |
| 12 | When it was time to get off the bus , he gave me what I thought was a friendly smile , and said , ‘ It 's all right , dear , I agree with you . ’ |