Example sentences of "[pron] was time for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work , sport and social activities ran easily side by side , There was time for them all — after I 'd absorbed father 's time-mentality . |
| 2 | After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda . |
| 3 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 4 | It was time for her afternoon appointment . |
| 5 | It was time for me to disappear . |
| 6 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 7 | I could see that it was time for me to make the tea . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave . |
| 12 | Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania . |
| 13 | It was time for me to go . |
| 14 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 15 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 16 | The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready . |
| 17 | ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’ |
| 18 | eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made |
| 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 | Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go . |
| 23 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates . |
| 26 | And he was always up before it was time for her to call him . |
| 27 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell . |
| 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 . |