Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 And annual ; by the time they 've got themselves together it will be practically time for them to disperse .
2 It 's incredibly kind of you to meet us on the offchance .
3 ‘ It 's remarkably kind of you to put us up like this , and we 're both very grateful . ’
4 ‘ And the lady , it is especially kind of her to allow me to stay . ’
5 ‘ Look , it 's terribly kind of you to find me a place to stay , but you must let me give you the money .
6 ‘ It 's so kind of you to have my welfare at heart .
7 But I have to admit that in the past I have been offended by people saying that it 's just formula for me to play melodies and structures that come to me very naturally .
8 He has changed his position and perhaps there is still time for him to cross the Floor before he leaves the House at the end of this Parliament .
9 I have faxed my protest to the board , there 's still time for them to change their mind .
10 ‘ But there 's still time for you to redeem yourself .
11 Well I 'm afraid it 's now time for me to send one of those boring sending off messages that everyone usually skips straight past .
12 It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon .
13 When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home .
14 Time was now important to him : it had been a lazy year and , as he had told Levy , there was still work for him to do .
15 There was still food for them to eat and Mrs Rundle was still there .
16 As Devon Loch struggled up there was still time for him to get going again and hold off E.S.B. , but his hind legs seemed not to function and he could not move on .
17 It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave .
18 It was now time for him to call in his battlegroup to tell his men of their achievements .
19 It was surely time for me to take life more seriously .
20 The remaining void shields were doing their best to bleed hostile energies away as heat , but there was n't time for it to radiate away .
21 There was n't room for her to stay in the flat with the three other girls so they decided that Katrine should stay in Piazza Pitti in Debbie 's flat .
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