Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [noun] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Got as far as a Smegma , Arizona , where the left front wheel on my truck decided it was time for a vacation .
2 Five years on , with the Nazis extending their anti-Semitic reach , Willi 's guardian , a Russian Jewess who looked after several refugee children , decided it was time for a mountain trek to more hospitable territory .
3 Helen continued to circulate ; I decided it was time for a pee and then maybe some food , which took me via the garden ( there was a queue for the downstairs loo , and the upper part of the castle was locked ) to the kitchen .
4 In the meantime the people on the boat moored between Bob Nudd and myself decided it was time for a move .
5 I decided it was time for a change . ’
6 ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly .
7 A spokesman for Selina said : ‘ She felt it was time for a change . ’
8 But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans .
9 ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’
10 I 'd had enough of working in an accounts department , my family had uprooted themselves , and I thought it was time for a change .
11 ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’
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