Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be time for oilmen to cheer up . |
| 2 | If the housing market is some kind of barometer for the rest of the economy , it may be time for a mile sigh of relief . |
| 3 | In view of this , it should be perequisite for users to decide on the social/human and technical objectives before approaching the information centre . |
| 4 | It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’ |
| 5 | Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go . |
| 6 | ‘ It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata — |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry about you and Garry ; it must be torture for you to lose him , but his wife and child must come first , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 8 | When Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves become serious it must be time for action not talk . |
| 9 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 10 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 11 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 12 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll be company for 'im . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it would give you something to do , now that you 've had to give up that idea of working full-time , and with Hugh away in , well , wherever it is , it 'll be company for you . ’ |
| 15 | " It 'll be work for somebody , anyway . |
| 16 | Oh , it 'll be purgatory for me at least , I 'm sure . |
| 17 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘ |
| 19 | If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him . |
| 20 | Now , in a couple of minutes it 'll be time for the district managers . |
| 21 | So it 'll be time for a cup of tea |
| 22 | so it 'll be time for a cup of tea |
| 23 | Um now um getting on to the next bit of the handout erm I 'll just do this next couple of paragraphs and then and then it 'll be time for a break for ten minutes or so . |
| 24 | I would have thought that we might go on holiday , well going on quite a long holiday , we 're going on holiday after the project video 's completed , so it 'll be Christmas for me |
| 25 | But after four years on Blue Peter , it could be time for a move . |
| 26 | ‘ … it shall be defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know , and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained , that the goods did not conform to the description or that the description had been applied to the goods . ’ |
| 27 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 28 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 29 | A quick mile round the town , a shower and it would be time for the evening reading . |
| 30 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |