Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] time to time for " in BNC.

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1 motor vehicles owned by the Forestry Commission or by local authorities and used from time to time for the purpose of fighting fires ;
2 I still did some acting from time to time for short periods .
3 Quite soon the loads on aircraft got too big for this method ( though shot-bags are still used from time to time for certain simple tests ) and nowadays the loads are applied by means of hydraulic jacks operating through very elaborate multiple lever or ‘ family tree ’ systems ; each of the hundreds of branches ends in a mechanical attachment to the wing surface .
4 He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia .
5 Inspectors , some of them Englishmen , were dismissed from time to time for accepting bribes or for other dubious practices .
6 As a label , Gramola is still revived from time to time for releases that are primarily designed for the local market .
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