Example sentences of "was [noun] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 2 | Her car was a red MG with the hood down , parked closely ; there was room for her to get in , but not for him . |
| 3 | So far as the availability of evidence before the justices , again , I say little because of the course I am going to take but there clearly was evidence for them to consider and assess . |
| 4 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 5 | All he did was yell at me to get out of his trailer . ’ |
| 6 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 7 | There was a strange moment then , when he knew the bastard was still in the room , still watching him , and all he could do was wait for him to leave . |
| 8 | The minority , which could muster only 160 votes against the majority 's 855 , displayed considerable bitterness towards what they said was pressure on them to accept independence , and threats that they would lose their jobs or worse . |
| 9 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 12 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
| 13 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
| 14 | It was time for him to leave as well . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 16 | Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station . |
| 17 | It was time for him to take action . |
| 18 | There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 21 | It was time for him to intervene . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 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 | Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home . |
| 27 | Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go . |
| 28 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |