Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the time have come " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 2 | Late in the afternoon , I decided the time had come to go . |
| 3 | She decided the time had come to leave the bordello , and seek lodgings somewhere in the vicinity of the Pont du Sevres . |
| 4 | ‘ He thought the time had come for me to have a car , and very kindly provided me with one . |
| 5 | Dr Myerscough said : ‘ I have tried to put myself in the consultant 's shoes in this situation and I think his apparent instinct that he thought the time had come to induce labour was correct . ’ |
| 6 | He knew the time had come to head directly north along the western coast and investigate Cape Wrath at last . |
| 7 | Then , just over two years later , John announced at the AGM ( which we use as an opportunity to set spiritual and practical goals for the year to come ) that he felt the time had come for church number three . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke 's remarks followed a call by John Major for a public campaign against lawlessness in which he said the time had come to ‘ understand a little less and condemn a little more ’ . |