Example sentences of "it was [noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
2 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
3 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
4 It was time for me to go .
5 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
6 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
7 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
8 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
9 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
10 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
11 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
12 Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home .
13 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 It was time for me to disappear .
16 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
17 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
18 As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it .
19 ‘ 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 .
20 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
21 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
22 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
23 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 .
24 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
25 It was time for him to take action .
26 Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station .
27 It was time for him to leave as well .
28 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
29 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 .
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 .
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