Example sentences of "was [noun] [to-vb] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first thing I did when I came out was try to explain to the kids that we were n't bad people . |
| 2 | With that threat having been neutralized , argued Buchanan , it was time to return to a form of nationalism based upon protectionism , minimal government , an avoidance of foreign entanglements , and a defence of the " Judeo-Christian values " which formed the basis of US culture and which were in danger of being " dumped onto some landfill called multiculturalism " . |
| 3 | One day , Bonney decided it was time to return to the world of cars and concrete and people . |
| 4 | My mother had a big spread waiting for us that evening When we got cleared up , and then it was time to report to the UDR base for patrol duty . |
| 5 | He had some notion of hiding in the ruins until it was time to go to the theatre . |
| 6 | For her the slow , wide-winged beating across the waves of morning said it was time to run to the rocks and tug in the lines and get a move on . |