Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] from time to time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked partway along the trail , closing my eyes from time to time , imagining myself blind , unable to see . |
| 2 | ‘ I have made arrangements with certain people in the neighbourhood — a pastor , a doctor , business people , a local historian and so on — to receive my students from time to time and talk about their work . |
| 3 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 4 | Indeed , all that remains today of the old inherent rights are the power to control the method of carrying out the functions which Parliament from time to time give to the local authorities and the power to make rules as to the conduct of the meetings of the local authority . |
| 5 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 6 | Information is correct at the time of going to press , but museums may have to vary their hours from time to time and it is worth checking before a special visit is made , especially around Christmas , Easter and Bank Holidays . |
| 7 | I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy . |
| 8 | Afterwards they went to a nightclub and danced and smooched in the smoky blackness , cleaning their throats from time to time with champagne . |
| 9 | It has always been my belief that a class of our type needs to review its rules from time to time so as not to become outdated . |
| 10 | In an extreme form this analysis would suggest that the senior civil servants constitute an effective and permanent ruling class forced to make adjustments to their policies from time to time because of the intervention of ministers . |
| 11 | Jeff does a bit of work on their boat from time to time . |
| 12 | All these uneasy feelings that were at the back of her mind from time to time . |
| 13 | She did n't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time . |
| 14 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 15 | For one thing , her subject was in itself appealing to most of the girls , or at least intermittently so ; they enjoyed watching crystals grow , and weighing small things on small scales , and making little bits of sodium whizz round saucers of Water , so they quite voluntarily offered her their attention from time to time . |
| 16 | A stoical metronome , she moves only to brush a hand across her brow from time to time . |
| 17 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 18 | I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . |
| 19 | FIMBRA was entitled at its discretion from time to time to make spot checks on companies subject to its regulatory umbrella and therefore the details of the businesses carried out by the company might at any time have become known to it . |
| 20 | Yes , that 's one of the blessing of people not parking so much down the road now , they do n't empty out their ashtrays and their junk from time to time . |
| 21 | The publishing world would be badly hit if politicians did not bring forth their diaries from time to time , showing just how they reacted at the time to particular world events . |
| 22 | Over the years , although never establishing a close friendship with the Profumos , I have had an admiring acquaintance with both of them and am happy to see that their marriage was not ruined by this solitary episode and distressed indeed by its revival from time to time by creatures animated solely by greed . |
| 23 | During this period contractors frequently made payments in cash and individual sub-contractors changed their names from time to time to avoid detection by Inland Revenue inspectors . |
| 24 | She gave me Zdenka 's German address and asked if I could at least write to her daughter from time to time to keep her spirits up . |
| 25 | It has also to be recognized that all owners may need to make alterations and improvements to their property from time to time . |
| 26 | Tens of millions of people take part in its ceremonies from time to time , or have neighbours who do , and many of them rely on it to uphold and promote traditional English values . |
| 27 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 28 | Even after 37 years they give you problems from time to time . ’ |
| 29 | Beyond the obvious success ( relative ) of much recent Italian fiction , from Calvino to Tabucchi , from Eco to De Carlo , there surfaces from time to time the obstinate question , What can we now ask of literature , fiction in particular ? |
| 30 | He left his village and went to live in a deserted tomb ; an obliging friend locked him inside and brought him bread from time to time . |