Example sentences of "was [noun sg] for [pron] [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 nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
8 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 .
9 When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back .
10 It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ .
11 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 .
12 It was time for him to leave as well .
13 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
14 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 .
15 It was time for him to take action .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 It was time for him to intervene .
20 ‘ 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 .
21 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 .
22 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
23 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
24 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
25 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
26 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
27 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 .
28 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
29 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
30 It was time for me to go .
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