Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yes , we can teach them about partnership , Councillor and I think it 's hypocrisy for the Tories to talk about links with the private sector . |
| 2 | If it 's perfect for the adults , it 's paradise for the kids . |
| 3 | Soon it 's time for the cyclists to get ready for the next stage of their 1,500 mile journey . |
| 4 | Now it 's time for the electrodes and rubber hoses , eh ? ’ |
| 5 | ECSTASY : Despair for Graham Gooch ( below right ) as his dismissal is confirmed but it 's joy for the Aussies after they celebrate victory |
| 6 | It is time for the visitors to see Bob 's pink bed , the kitchen where Bob 's chef Gilly would simmer stew , and the walls smothered in yellowing press cuttings , including several from NME . |
| 7 | The welts , the abrasions and the black eyes get starker , more livid , until it is time for the women to return , in an ecstasy of distress , to the men who will suddenly heal them . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is time for the powers that be to look again at the slalom rules that allow dipping and sideways presentations . |
| 9 | ‘ It is time for the geese , ’ extracting his head from the oven . |
| 10 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 11 | It was time for the regulators to get heavy . |
| 12 | When it was time for the newly-weds to say goodbye , Anna behaved in a most un-Romany manner by flinging her arms about Seb and kissing him . |
| 13 | It was time for the rumbles . |
| 14 | After the great divide had been effected , it was time for the mystics to find a new way to cross the abyss and rediscover the old unity — not , this time , in the outside world but in the depths of the self . |
| 15 | After two failures , it was time for the gloves to come off . |
| 16 | But when it was time for the children to take their mother to the station , she drew a deep breath and said , ‘ I do my best for them , Mrs Willow . |
| 17 | Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done . |
| 18 | It was time for the socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 19 | It was time for the Socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |