Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 2 | But as Bill celebrated it was curtains for George and Barbara Bush … from West Derby . |
| 3 | Not knowing exactly WHEN Brian died , HOW much he suffered and WHO killed him is torture for her . |
| 4 | Got as far as a Smegma , Arizona , where the left front wheel on my truck decided it was time for a vacation . |
| 5 | Five years on , with the Nazis extending their anti-Semitic reach , Willi 's guardian , a Russian Jewess who looked after several refugee children , decided it was time for a mountain trek to more hospitable territory . |
| 6 | Helen continued to circulate ; I decided it was time for a pee and then maybe some food , which took me via the garden ( there was a queue for the downstairs loo , and the upper part of the castle was locked ) to the kitchen . |
| 7 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 8 | In the meantime the people on the boat moored between Bob Nudd and myself decided it was time for a move . |
| 9 | One of the tractor drivers ( which had been turning in front of me all day ) decided it was time for dinner . |
| 10 | I decided it was time for a change . ’ |
| 11 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 12 | ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly . |
| 13 | The early rain which shortened the game , meant it was weather for ducks . |
| 14 | After keeping and breeding Malawi Cichlids for the past fifteen years NANCY SHUTTLE felt it was time for winds of change to blow into the fish house . |
| 15 | A spokesman for Selina said : ‘ She felt it was time for a change . ’ |
| 16 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 17 | But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans . |
| 18 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 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 | Christina noticed her face , and thought it was time for goodnights , before Antonio added something he might really be sorry for . |
| 22 | I 'd had enough of working in an accounts department , my family had uprooted themselves , and I thought it was time for a change . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’ |
| 25 | But he , that other bloke , he said they were briquettes for eight pound thirty did n't he ? |
| 26 | ‘ But during the Gaullist years , people said it was propaganda for De Gaulle , ’ he sighs , weary of denying either political message or moralising . |
| 27 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 28 | Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home . |
| 29 | Dr Hendron said it was time for political talks to be re-activated . |
| 30 | John Whitehouse , of West Lane Residents ' Association , said it was time for action . |