Example sentences of "was [noun] [prep] them [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 6 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |