Example sentences of "[was/were] time for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was time for the rumbles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was time for the regulators to get heavy . |
| 5 | It was time for the socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 6 | It was time for the Socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 7 | After two failures , it was time for the gloves to come off . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done . |