Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them .
2 Then he dropped his arms as the music changed back to a funky disco beat , and without his support she stumbled , only just managing to catch herself in time before she fell against him .
3 Wim Beeren , the Director of the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam who , in the face of deafening criticism , has always defended the restoration , admitted that Goldreyer did not bother to inform him in time about his plans for the last phase of the restoration in which the painted surface was to be treated .
4 Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music .
5 The friend is to visit him from time to time to make sure he proceeds with discretion .
6 to see you from time to time
7 Extraordinary revenues derived from the general obligation of the King 's subjects to aid him in times of emergency .
8 ‘ We could n't find anyone to bond us in time , ’ says Mrs Burrows .
9 It is well worth while to leave plenty of time to help the children to do all the clearing up themselves .
10 We would ask everyone to be patient and to leave plenty of time for their journey , ’ he stressed .
11 You could do that and it would be easy to do it that way then to do it with time sheets .
12 Okay but we want to do it , good that 's it but we want to do it by times lots of these numbers times together .
13 Even companies like M&S have to do it from time : warn customers that something they 've bought could be dangerous and needs to be returned , either for repairing or a cash refund .
14 These charges and interest rates are variable and the Bank reserves the right to amend them from time to time .
15 I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’
16 On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra .
17 They are desperate to furnish it in time for their Easter service .
18 But I soon reminded myself that such trivial slips are liable to befall anyone from time to time , and my irritation soon turned to Miss Kenton for attempting to create such unwarranted fuss over the incident .
19 First , top scorer Dalien Atkinson missed the starting line-up after revolutionary oxygen chamber treatment failed to heal him in time to face his old club .
20 This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene .
21 Toby Hedworth , defending , said the man never intended the child should die and meant to release her in time .
22 ‘ Will you be able to finish it in time ? ’
23 Having had only two weeks in which to complete the work , Mr Chettle burned more than the midnight oil to finish it in time .
24 He would appear to believe in an invented truth , an invented reality — a Rortyan reality , one might be inclined to call it at times .
25 Their exposure to instant recall of their liabilities is tolerable because the Bank of England stands ready to assist them in time of a shortage of liquidity .
26 Preference rules may be broken ; in fact it would be very difficult not to break them from time to time as some of them conflict .
27 It was not long before the South Metropolitan Company 's omnibus proposals came up again and ten Daimler double deck buses were ordered in 1913 , but Daimler were unable to complete them on time and ten L.G.O.C 's ‘ B ’ type chassis with Brush bodies were substituted in July .
28 The insurance companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
29 The Insurance Companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
30 ‘ Thing is , Mo , we 're going to have plenty of time to talk now I 'm home for good . ’
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