Example sentences of "[prep] time to [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French applied the tourniquet just in time to stagger to a winning start . |
| 2 | A few years earlier a friend and fellow member of Brooks 's , Cyril Salmon , a former Lord Justice of Appeal , had put my name down for election to the Seniors Golfing Society , an English-based club for golfers over the age of fifty-five who met from time to time at a variety of attractive courses . |
| 3 | The United States would dive in from time to time with a huge splash which , however , would soon subside . |
| 4 | Add the potatoes and cook , covered , for about 25 minutes , stirring from time to time with a wooden spoon . |
| 5 | In the thirteenth century , itinerant royal justices were sent out from time to time with a list of enquiries to put to local communities . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The three departments , however , do use official statistics in the detailed studies which are done from time to time on a one-off basis . |
| 8 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 9 | My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals from time to time on a range of matters , including the capital and recurrent funding needs of the universities . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 12 | The Director-General 's Newsletter was published from time to time as a further means of membership communication . |
| 13 | These standards may vary from country to country and they may be changed from time to time within a given country . |
| 14 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 15 | It had lain there beneath the stiff formality of their talk , like fire under ice , surfacing from time to time in a look , a moment 's hesitation , a tacit smile . |
| 16 | Yardley bore all these setbacks with great dignity , afflicted as he was from time to time by a form of lumbago that almost certainly hastened his retirement . |
| 17 | The rule has been slightly relaxed over the last few years , although only in relation to secondary legislation ; it has also been breached from time to time by a number of judges , not least by judicial free spirit , the former Master of the Rolls , Lord Denning . |