Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 2 | Producer Duncan Weldon has asked him from time to time to do a tour but Courtenay has never responded until now . |
| 3 | The world stockmarket hiccup of October 1987 pulled people up sharp and the malaise of the six years which followed gave plenty of time for reflection . |
| 4 | ‘ Moray and the north will always be his , and the rest would have joined them in time with no more than what he was offering : equal rule , equal justice , equal worship . |
| 5 | Congress , there 's a very familiar phrase which is often used in the English language , a phrase which many of you may have used yourselves from time to time . |
| 6 | Wim Beeren , the Director of the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam who , in the face of deafening criticism , has always defended the restoration , admitted that Goldreyer did not bother to inform him in time about his plans for the last phase of the restoration in which the painted surface was to be treated . |
| 7 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 8 | One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft on the walkout , thankfully managing to stop himself in time from going the distance ! |
| 9 | Try to spend plenty of time with other people , especially people outside your immediate family . |
| 10 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 11 | Do n't be put off by the delicate appearance of this cake , but do allow plenty of time for the separate pieces of icing to harden well before assembling them all together . |
| 12 | One of the problems in your case is , we 've never really been able to Cos i i When we when we 've examined you from time to time , things come and gone . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've got plenty of time for the post to get to America , ’ I said , sticking down the envelope . |
| 14 | Oh well we 've got plenty of time for that . |
| 15 | The warmth that Alain had shown her from time to time had quite gone now and she knew he would continue to be an enemy . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've spent lots of time in the fields and woods this summer . ’ |
| 17 | On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra . |
| 18 | During his period at Newcastle and later in his career when he briefly played for Grimsby Town , Gallacher was known to drink with fans in pubs near the ground , and on more than one occasion a search party had to be sent to get him in time for the kick-off . |