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

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