Example sentences of "[conj] from [noun] to [noun] [pron] " 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 | According to Eden , in 1797 Manchester cotton weavers earned around 16s ( 80p ) , and that from choosing to work something less than a full six-day week . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was holding herself so stiff that from time to time she trembled . |
| 6 | The whole point about this absurd saga , however , is not so much the wonderfully comic detail but the fact that from start to finish it takes all the predictable twists and turns of your classic affair . |
| 7 | There is no reason , however , why the restriction should apply only to the elements that A holds in common with C and not those that it holds in common with B. That is , the overshadowing mechanism , if it operates , should reduce generalization both from A to C and from A to B. It can not , therefore , be responsible for the result obtained . |
| 8 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |
| 9 | Kalchu and Chola were both at home and from time to time they looked down , both repelled and fascinated . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | But I went along with him , and from time to time we shared a toothbrush , either his or mine . |
| 12 | We get down in the darkness and from time to time we pull the wire . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | There were lights in the new buildings , and from time to time I heard people shouting and laughing . |
| 15 | The Whitebred/Welsh Black cross is known as the Blue Albion and from time to time it has been classified as a separate breed . |
| 16 | Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 21 | His voice was high pitched and from time to time he emphasised his points by restrained movements of his hands . |
| 22 | jean had her arm round Donald 's waist now and from time to time she skipped , roused by the fighting spirits of the menfolk . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She refused to allow Jenna to feel guilty , though , and from time to time she smiled across and patted Jenna 's hand . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When you start work , you should have a formal meeting with your manager , and from time to time there will be follow-up meetings . |
| 28 | The ford in the river was blown up to make navigation easier and from time to time there appear to have been spectacular rock falls , one of which carried away the last vestiges of St Vincent 's Chapel which gave its name to St Vincent 's Rocks . |
| 29 | I remember that at primary school we had to keep a diary , and from time to time someone would be picked out to face the class and read it aloud . |
| 30 | All its parts work fundamentally as one ’ ( 1977 , p. 47 ) , even if from time to time its various parts seem to be moving in different directions . |