Example sentences of "was [noun sg] for [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat .
2 There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House .
3 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 .
4 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
5 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
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