Example sentences of "[was/were] time for the [noun] " 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 | When it was time for the foal to be separated from its mother , the friends took the foal but no longer visited Shamrock . |
| 3 | ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’ |
| 4 | It was time for the rumbles . |
| 5 | It was time for the iftar . |
| 6 | Three days later it was time for the state visit of President Mobutu of Zaire . |
| 7 | Still when it was time for the scan I was very nervous . |
| 8 | The Gospel being read , it was time for the sermon . |
| 9 | Coffee was next , and then it was time for the bill . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was time for the regulators to get heavy . |
| 12 | Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin . |
| 13 | It was time for the socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 14 | It was time for the Socialists to make a complete break with their past in order to bring about a new renaissance , he argued . |
| 15 | Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin . |
| 16 | After two failures , it was time for the gloves to come off . |
| 17 | Later , when it was time for the evening meal , she entered the dining-room to find Silas and Matt seated at their corner table . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Then it was time for the Club cabaret . |
| 20 | If 19 April 1023 saw expressions of anti-Danish feeling , Cnut could have decided that it was time for the situation to be defused by removing the body to Canterbury . |
| 21 | It was time for the party , early August . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done . |