Example sentences of "a [noun sg] from time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But they have to call in a vet from time to time , and it 's with those farmers that I think you 'll have most success , just so long as you keep your charges low . ’ |
2 | Whilst fucking have a look from time to time to make sure it 's still in one piece . |
3 | ‘ She also had short periods of respite care to give the parents a break from time to time . |
4 | Theo 's salary was a small one , but out of it he managed to send Vincent a pittance from time to time . |
5 | All that has happened is that I met Hugo at a party and came to understand that , as well as having friend and spouse , a woman needs the excitement of a lover from time to time : a re-basing , as it were , in the physical : the reincarnation of the carnal self in a body which gets , over the years , far too controlled by spirit and mind . |
6 | Such a calculation is not a perfect one , and there is bound to be a failure from time to time if you are really trying to achieve that objective . |
7 | Some small groups within lineages might build a shrine at the burial place of a revered grandfather , call him sidi ( lord ) , and visit the shrine in a group from time to time . |
8 | ‘ People try to take us for a ride from time to time . |
9 | Even though Marci gets to give him a cuddle from time to time and wash his favourite bright red undies . |
10 | ‘ Anyway — it 's nice to have a word from time to time . |
11 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
12 | ‘ I had the help of a bricklayer and a carpenter from time to time , but no , in the main I did most of the work myself . |
13 | Well , er er a similar , er when you got a letter , when you got a letter , so you you 'd probably get you 'd probably get four or five Woodbines , you see , er things like this , and there was an issue from time to time , and they were chiefly American cigarettes , chiefly American cigarettes . |
14 | Virtually everyone who works for an enterprise from time to time will acquire information from the environment of potential value to its operations . |