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

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1 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
2 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
3 It was time for me to go .
4 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
5 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
6 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
7 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
8 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
9 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
10 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
11 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 .
12 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 It was time for me to disappear .
15 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
16 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
17 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 .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
20 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
21 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
22 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 .
23 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
24 It was time for him to take action .
25 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 .
26 It was time for him to leave as well .
27 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 It was time for him to intervene .
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