Example sentences of "was [adv] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obviously time for a change . |
| 2 | Fraser 's party arrived back on 23 December , but there was only time for a brief celebration , as Stirling , Mayne and Lewes were off the following morning for another series of raids . |
| 3 | It was finally time for me to pack up my tent and vanish into the summer afternoon . |
| 4 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 5 | When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home . |
| 6 | As the case was held over there was just time for Dorothy Hardisty to intervene . |
| 7 | They arrived there with about twenty minutes to go before lunch , which was just time for general introductions and for Leith to be shown her room , wash her hands and rejoin Naylor , Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood , and Travis downstairs . |
| 8 | But there was always time for a look at the lighter side of life too , as you 'll find out in , ’ A Decade of News ’ , tomorrow , Wednesday and Thursday at six twenty-five . |
| 9 | There was always time for the unusual , like the man whose birthday present to his wife , was her chance to drive a Cheltenham and District double decker . |
| 10 | There was still time for Frankie , if he was very quiet and very careful , to eat his fill . |
| 11 | As Devon Loch struggled up there was still time for him to get going again and hold off E.S.B. , but his hind legs seemed not to function and he could not move on . |
| 12 | And whatever the matter in hand , there was still time for a perusal of Wednesday 's football results . |
| 13 | What made the Sydney fiasco even more ludicrous was the fact that when the umpires halted play , there was still time for South Africa to face the two overs which were stolen from them ! |
| 14 | Anyone could tell that Kate and James had everything they wanted — except , perhaps , children , and there was still time for those . |
| 15 | Afterwards , there was still time for a spot of shopping and sight-seeing before embarking for home after a very enjoyable day . |
| 16 | Liverpool 's midweek exertions caught up with them in a low-key second period , but there was still time for Ian Rush to pass the latest in a seemingly endless list of personal landmarks . |
| 17 | There had not been a crisis for about six months , though , so it was clearly time for one . |
| 18 | It was clearly time for political scientists to reassess their pluralist perspective on interest groups : groups were real enough but were they still a " good " thing ? |
| 19 | He only appeared when the boys were half way through supper ( corned-beef hash ) , and by then it was practically time for bed . |
| 20 | The celebrations were for having pulled it off , but it was also time for many people who had been involved in the project to leave . |
| 21 | This reminded him that it was nearly time for church , so he heaved himself to his feet and went to make some more coffee , this time for Mrs Frizzell as well . |
| 22 | The strange aeons were over , and it was nearly time for the Sandrat to kill Death . |
| 23 | It was nearly time for her to take up position at Ludgate Circus , but first she had to get Ruby to leave . |
| 24 | It was now time for him to call in his battlegroup to tell his men of their achievements . |
| 25 | It was now time for the fillet of local fallow deer served pink , with spiced red cabbage and glazed walnuts . |
| 26 | Two weeks ago I wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that it was now time for the Church Militant to denounce antibiotics in the same uncompromising terms once used against usury , but I suspect my advice ( admittedly unsolicited ) will go the same way as the seed of Onan . |
| 27 | It was now time for the surprise witness , and the one who , without a doubt , had the most affect on the outcome . |
| 28 | It was now time for expansion . |
| 29 | It was now time for the Collector to play his last card . |
| 30 | It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ . |