Example sentences of "when it be time [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They know our taste in music here , and the whole place rocks until around 5am , when it 's time to retire to the sunrise , tuck into t burger at the Star Club café just outside , or go on and do whatever else you want to do .
2 After that I made a habit of sending Timmy upstairs ahead of me when it 's time to go to bed .
3 The children , at first shy , soon lost their inhibitions when it was time to put on the camp play , enjoying a freedom which many other youngsters take for granted .
4 But when it was time to go to bed , Catherine put her arms round her father 's neck to say goodnight , and immediately screamed , ‘ Oh , he 's dead , Heathcliff !
5 The overnight snooze [ all of one-and-a-half hours ] on the ferry was hardly over when it was time to drive onto Reims , where crews from Oslo , Berlin and Edinburgh met for a deserved rest .
6 When it was time to get off the bus , he gave me what I thought was a friendly smile , and said , ‘ It 's all right , dear , I agree with you . ’
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