Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to time [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception . |
| 2 | From time to time he was ‘ Mr West ’ ( definitely opposed to the East ) . |
| 3 | From time to time he was instructed to raise money by conducting sales of wood from the king 's demesne , and he carried out the king 's policy regarding mining in the forest , which wavered between a desire to increase the Forest revenues and concern lest the vert be destroyed . |
| 4 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 5 | The only complaint — and she was not really complaining against her uncle , perhaps I should rather say the cause for depression — was that from time to time she was very homesick and longed to see her mother and girls of her own age . ’ |
| 6 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |