Example sentences of "it was [noun] for the " in BNC.

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1 When the right job did turn up , it was relief for the frustrated star , but it also signalled the end of his marriage .
2 The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it .
3 No , it was clothes for the living as far as I was concerned .
4 Nevertheless the Spanish translation of Rousseau 's Social Contract could appeal to a ‘ son of Padilla ’ ; it was enthusiasm for the parliamentary institutions of medieval Spain which allowed the Cortes of Cadiz to present a constitution , founded on the constitutions of Revolutionary France , as the culmination of the ‘ true ’ constitutional development of Spain .
5 And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock .
6 But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans .
7 Coffee was next , and then it was time for the bill .
8 It was time for the Other Woman to go back to America .
9 With the housecoat made up and endless hurdles overcome , it was time for the real test — replacing the clothes stand with a model .
10 ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’
11 We avoided each other all evening until it was time for the Open University programmes .
12 It was time for the rumbles .
13 Then it was time for the Club cabaret .
14 The Gospel being read , it was time for the sermon .
15 Three days later it was time for the state visit of President Mobutu of Zaire .
16 It was time for the party , early August .
17 It was time for the regulators to get heavy .
18 When it was time for the foal to be separated from its mother , the friends took the foal but no longer visited Shamrock .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin .
22 Now the two rival versions had been completed , it was time for the multiple power centres of News on Sunday to deliver their verdicts .
23 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 .
24 Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin .
25 And then , bang , crash , oh dear , it was time for the regional franchises to be renewed .
26 Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done .
27 Perks appeared when it was time for the 11.54 to arrive .
28 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 .
29 ‘ 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 .
30 After two failures , it was time for the gloves to come off .
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