Example sentences of "[was/were] time for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coffee was next , and then it was time for the bill . |
| 2 | It was time for the Other Woman to go back to America . |
| 3 | With the housecoat made up and endless hurdles overcome , it was time for the real test — replacing the clothes stand with a model . |
| 4 | ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’ |
| 5 | We avoided each other all evening until it was time for the Open University programmes . |
| 6 | It was time for the rumbles . |
| 7 | Then it was time for the Club cabaret . |
| 8 | Back at Kabrit there was time for the planned reorganization . |
| 9 | The Gospel being read , it was time for the sermon . |
| 10 | Three days later it was time for the state visit of President Mobutu of Zaire . |
| 11 | It was time for the party , early August . |
| 12 | It was time for the regulators to get heavy . |
| 13 | When it was time for the foal to be separated from its mother , the friends took the foal but no longer visited Shamrock . |
| 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 | It was time for the deadly follow-up — the Offensive Offensive in which John Major would savage his opponents , even if they were sitting on the benches behind him . |
| 16 | Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin . |
| 17 | Now the two rival versions had been completed , it was time for the multiple power centres of News on Sunday to deliver their verdicts . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin . |
| 20 | And then , bang , crash , oh dear , it was time for the regional franchises to be renewed . |
| 21 | Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done . |
| 22 | Perks appeared when it was time for the 11.54 to arrive . |
| 23 | Down at the one-time pavilion that was now the Venetz sisters ' lakeside restaurant , Angelica Venetz had decided that it was time for the big old mallard 's appointment in duck heaven . |
| 24 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
| 25 | After two failures , it was time for the gloves to come off . |
| 26 | Day three was spent at the lowest place on earth — 1400 ft below sea level — the Dead Sea and , after visiting the ancient palace of Herod the Great at Masada , it was time for the obligatory float in the Dead Sea . |
| 27 | In making this break with tradition , James , it seems , had come to the conclusion that it was time for the intellectual elite to shut up and listen to the workers for a change for it was they who were at the sharp end of the production system and therefore they who first sensed any changes in patterns of production . |
| 28 | With the advent of Venturous , it was time for the old Vigilant to bow out and she was taken out of service in May 1962 when Venturous was commissioned and became operational . |
| 29 | It was time for the iftar . |
| 30 | Later , when it was time for the evening meal , she entered the dining-room to find Silas and Matt seated at their corner table . |