Example sentences of "[conj] from time [prep] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although from time to time you may find it hard to believe , this is a year of immense personal growth . |
| 2 | And enjoys a perfect night 's sleep — deep , clear , and refreshing , like gliding down through sunlit water on a hot day ; such a perfect night 's sleep that he is entirely unconscious of how much he is enjoying it , or of its depth , clarity , and refreshingness , or its resemblance to gliding through sunlit water on a hot day ; so perfect that from time to time he half wakes , just enough to become conscious of how unconscious of everything he is . |
| 3 | Although Charlie could always see Trentham in front of him , Tommy was so silent in his wake that from time to time he had to look back just to be certain his friend was still there . |
| 4 | She was holding herself so stiff that from time to time she trembled . |
| 5 | Kalchu and Chola were both at home and from time to time they looked down , both repelled and fascinated . |
| 6 | ‘ I just play for relaxation nowadays , but I know two of the guys who play here regularly and from time to time they invite me to join them . ’ |
| 7 | But I went along with him , and from time to time we shared a toothbrush , either his or mine . |
| 8 | We get down in the darkness and from time to time we pull the wire . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've always thought of the guitar as another voice , so I start with a voice , singing along with the vocal , and from time to time you can hear a place where other voices would come in , like backing harmonies , which then become part of it . |
| 10 | There were lights in the new buildings , and from time to time I heard people shouting and laughing . |
| 11 | The Whitebred/Welsh Black cross is known as the Blue Albion and from time to time it has been classified as a separate breed . |
| 12 | Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception . |
| 13 | Nevertheless the Bank of England still requires banks ( and other institutions in the monetary sector ) to maintain sufficient liquidity , and from time to time it can order them to increase their liquidity ratio if it feels that this is necessary . |
| 14 | Patience is not what we associate with Pound , and from time to time he seems to have kicked over the traces ( at least once to be ticked off for it by Dorothy ) : yet we see all over again that the young Pound was well content with Edwardian England , was hopeful of it and ready to abide by its rules in everything that mattered . |
| 15 | He acted as go-between postman , and from time to time he walked with Helen across and around the Common and talked to her a great deal about Edward . |
| 16 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 17 | His voice was high pitched and from time to time he emphasised his points by restrained movements of his hands . |
| 18 | jean had her arm round Donald 's waist now and from time to time she skipped , roused by the fighting spirits of the menfolk . |
| 19 | By the end of a week she was little more than a living skeleton : her hand lay all day long in Jennifer 's , and from time to time she would open her eyes , staring pathetically up , with a mute pleading in her expression that no words of comfort or whispered prayers could dispel . |
| 20 | He heard the tin bracelets jangling on her wrists and from time to time she bent her head close over her fists as though blowing on reluctant embers ; but it was some time before he realized that he , too , was naked , and that the hands of the Moi girl were stroking and chafing his own body . |
| 21 | She refused to allow Jenna to feel guilty , though , and from time to time she smiled across and patted Jenna 's hand . |
| 22 | Fen made no comment about the meal she set before him , but , she noticed , he ate with relish and from time to time she felt him observing her contemplatively . |
| 23 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 24 | Rational arguments and the need for money may keep it submerged but from time to time it is so inflamed that it can no longer be suppressed . |
| 25 | ‘ But from time to time it has been right to reconsider its detailed application . |
| 26 | Then there would be silence , but from time to time I should receive a ‘ chit ’ from regimental HQ to say that all was well . |
| 27 | Again the appellant failed to carry out his part of the bargain , but from time to time he extracted money from Mr. Hughes against the claim that returns had been made , and various work had been done . |
| 28 | Miss Young was Ian 's teacher , not mine , but from time to time she used to read to our class ; and I was always captivated by her stories . |
| 29 | So that when evening came they were both tired , not only from physical effort but from sheer exposure to the elements — Fen perhaps most of all , because from time to time he had insisted that Robbie go below . |
| 30 | I give these bibliographical details because from time to time I get asked for them by collectors and booksellers . |