Example sentences of "it was [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them .
2 It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners .
3 It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners
4 It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts .
5 It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
6 Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves .
7 ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 It was time for her afternoon appointment .
11 It was time for me to disappear .
12 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
13 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
16 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 .
17 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
18 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
19 It was time for me to go .
20 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
21 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
22 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
23 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
24 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
25 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
26 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
27 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 .
28 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
29 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
30 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 .
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