Example sentences of "[be] [adv] time for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And annual ; by the time they 've got themselves together it will be practically time for them to disperse .
2 He has changed his position and perhaps there is still time for him to cross the Floor before he leaves the House at the end of this Parliament .
3 The next intake is already planned for Autumn 1986 , but there is still time for anyone suitable and interested to be included .
4 I have faxed my protest to the board , there 's still time for them to change their mind .
5 ‘ But there 's still time for you to redeem yourself .
6 Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go .
7 It 's nearly time for your next session .
8 Collins only wants a wife because he feels that in the eyes of society it is about time for him to be married and to have settled down in life .
9 Well I 'm afraid it 's now time for me to send one of those boring sending off messages that everyone usually skips straight past .
10 It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon .
11 When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home .
12 As Devon Loch struggled up there was still time for him to get going again and hold off E.S.B. , but his hind legs seemed not to function and he could not move on .
13 There had not been a crisis for about six months , though , so it was clearly time for one .
14 It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave .
15 It was now time for him to call in his battlegroup to tell his men of their achievements .
16 It was surely time for me to take life more seriously .
17 Some signal had obviously been given , though Alexandra had not seen it , and now it was plainly time for everyone to turn and talk to their other neighbour .
18 Helen said , ‘ It was n't time for him to be home yet . ’
19 The remaining void shields were doing their best to bleed hostile energies away as heat , but there was n't time for it to radiate away .
20 It was almost time for her appointment .
21 It was almost time for her mistress 's luncheon , and she went towards the back of the hall to the breakfast parlour , one of the few rooms still in use , to see if Mrs Diggory had as yet laid out the tray .
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