Example sentences of "[noun] to time [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He continued to paint and write poetry from time to time but he was now a professional and energetic film director , turning out twenty documentaries during the next eleven years . |
| 2 | At first their mother 's sister had come from time to time but she and Moran had quarrelled . |
| 3 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 4 | Harrison v Hill [ 1932 ] SC ( J ) 13 where a road maintained by a farmer , leading from the public road to his farmhouse , was held to be a road , the farmer turned away people who were using it from time to time but it was also used by people having no business at the farm ; |
| 5 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 6 | I mean we 're all worried in , in the world about cuts in various areas and the education area has its share of the cuts , we know the teachers are worried about their salaries and what 's going on in the schools , and even we hear from the University from time to time that they , things are n't as they used to be . |
| 7 | I have thought from time to time that I would like to write and let you know how much those lessons meant to me — and now I am ! |
| 8 | ( He allows from time to time that it is also concerned with the quality , bad , but bad takes a decidedly second place in his discussions . ) |
| 9 | The will contained a direction for the trustees , out of the net income of the proportionate share of the estate held in trust for any child , to make such provision from time to time as they in their uncontrolled discretion might think necessary or advisable for the suitable maintenance and education of such a child . |
| 10 | Feasts are going to be cropping up from time to time as we move through the year , so it may be as well to explain that the word signifies , in Yorkshire , the yearly festival of the village or town . |
| 11 | Resting on three stones above the flames was a large copper pan full of milk , which Sigarup stirred from time to time as it was boiling . |
| 12 | From time to time as he read his salutation from a sheet of paper held before him in a white-gloved hand , the Resident Superior squinted at the emperor through his monocle ; his voice was loud and confident and betrayed little outward sign of the extreme deference implied in his spoken words . |
| 13 | He gave me a few quick , curious glances from time to time as I slowly sipped my coffee , but he did not appear to have heard any of the rumours . |
| 14 | Another expression of this psychic force is found in the cynicism and bitterness he displayed from time to time when he grumbles about the dark , the flies and the cold ; but other references are very much stronger , e.g. ‘ The Cuckold 's Song ’ etc ) . |
| 15 | I made it a rule — which , it is true , he broke from time to time when he had something particularly pressing or intimate to convey — that he should not drop into French while we were together . |
| 16 | He phones me from time to time when he has heard something he thinks will be of use to me . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She works in the bookshop from time to time cos she 's only got the two has n't she , Robin and Stephan . |
| 19 | ‘ I assure you that we will add to your distress as little as possible , but we shall be here from time to time and you will also be asked to make a formal statement . ’ |
| 20 | Well you , you , you , you , you know the , you know the , the scenario that everything goes wrong , you know , everything goes wrong you know from time to time and you say to yourself oh it 'll get better |
| 21 | I cherished that dolly , kept on altering the face with new stitching from time to time and I still have it in a drawer somewhere . |
| 22 | It is inevitable that one or more of these sub-groups will be disappointed in me from time to time and I will be disappointed in them . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Vera would supply us with some from time to time and I know Uncle was partial to it . |
| 25 | Information is correct at the time of going to press , but museums may have to vary their hours from time to time and it is worth checking before a special visit is made , especially around Christmas , Easter and Bank Holidays . |
| 26 | The pronouncement of big statements is anathema to Juliana because she feels her point of view changes from time to time and she 's afraid of saying too much in case she alienates people , but she does admit to finding life in America ‘ scary ’ at the moment . |
| 27 | And from time to time because they will take those hard decisions , those decisions may not be popular . |
| 28 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 29 | Also his head still pains him from time to time where he got that knock . |