Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve and thirteen and I was cook for four years there . |
| 2 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
| 3 | Back in the office and it 's time for constructive criticism . |
| 4 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the cancer grows and it is time for serious surgery . |
| 6 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |