Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 2 | When Calder-Marshall and Malcolm Lowry first met it was the latter who felt flattered , but though Calder-Marshall was a generous friend , there is something poignant in Gordon Bowker 's comment in Malcolm Lowry Remembered that he has ‘ given a great deal of time to writing and speaking about him ’ . |
| 3 | Estimating the mass of all the matter in the Universe is not an easy task but , in the past few years , many scientists have devoted a great deal of time to it . |
| 4 | It was not disputed that teachers ought to be aware of the relation between educational success and failure and the language children being to school , or that some teachers need to give a good deal of time to the study of reading . |
| 5 | The birth of a baby results in some loss of intimacy in marriage , a loss of space at home , a loss of time to oneself , and a loss of physical and financial resources to manage additional demands and responsibilities . |
| 6 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 7 | There you will see thousands of cars speeding by , each with the driver alone , his head thrown back as he yells the words aloud , her fist slapping the wheel in time to the beat , thousands of silent screams haring up the M1 to get to that meeting on schedule . |
| 8 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 9 | " It is n't , after all , as though we had any reason for not having them , because now that Amelia and Magnus and Gabriel are all married there 's plenty of room , and my parents are anyway worried , politically speaking if you know what I mean , about having so much empty house ( though he 's hardly the kind of tenant that that kind of consideration would provide ) , and he even pays some rent from time to time . |
| 10 | Clean out the feeding compartment from time to time . |
| 11 | All these uneasy feelings that were at the back of her mind from time to time . |
| 12 | He pulled on his trousers and went quickly over to turn up the music , moving his head from side to side in time to the beat . |
| 13 | ‘ Lonely This Christmas ’ by Mud was playing of the radio and I was swinging my body from side to side in time to the music in order to pass the time . |
| 14 | Installation of the handrail will increase the safety for Health Physics staff carrying out surveys and for maintenance staff who have to work on the roof from time to time . |
| 15 | It is important to address an audience directly , using eye-contact , speaking to all sections of the room , and changing speech rhythms and levels to maintain attention , as well as adding touches of lightness from time to time , in the form of humour . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , Peachcake , if you marry this young man , you 're bound to come up against prejudice from time to time . |
| 17 | He drove his car ( a BMW , used ) in a quick , staccato rhythm in time to an 8-track cassette of the Doobie Brothers . |
| 18 | He also said he knew she took cocaine from time to time . |
| 19 | The depredations of the crown of thorns ( together with those of hurricanes ) may promote diversity , by forcing areas of reef from time to time to begin all over again . |
| 20 | Deputy Central Office agent Peter Smith said thousands of leaflets had been given to the Royal Mail in time to be sent out but were not delivered . |
| 21 | Jeff does a bit of work on their boat from time to time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ She also had short periods of respite care to give the parents a break from time to time . |
| 24 | To soften his feelings , however , we learned that the Professor from time to time gave him a fee which far exceeded the amount of the toll … just by the Bridge , turnstiles admitted foot-passengers to pass by different paths , intersecting the large extent of open ground , some of this led to Somers Town , Red Lion Street , etc … here and there , especially at the lower portion of the [ College ] ground , walls were standing , some of them being eight or ten feet high . ’ |
| 25 | The subscription rates shall be subject to review from time to time and altered on the recommendation of the Finance Committee with the agreement of the Executive Committee . |
| 26 | You do , however , need to boost the effect from time to time . |
| 27 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 28 | Theo 's salary was a small one , but out of it he managed to send Vincent a pittance from time to time . |
| 29 | Fashion may dictate a change in cut and fabric from time to time , but the archetypal businessman 's suit has remained basically the same . |
| 30 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |