Example sentences of "[noun] to time [pers pn] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time they would engage in what read like mannered conversations on whether they were acting as Cabinet ministers or as purely departmental ministers . |
| 2 | From time to time she would turn over irritably , and try to compel herself to sleep . |
| 3 | By the end of a week she was little more than a living skeleton : her hand lay all day long in Jennifer 's , and from time to time she would open her eyes , staring pathetically up , with a mute pleading in her expression that no words of comfort or whispered prayers could dispel . |
| 4 | From time to time she would glance back into the room , her eyes coming to rest on the casually seated figure of Tsu Ma . |
| 5 | And the human frame on to which I had grafted this delusion had definitely left Cliff Top , but despite this , from time to time I would come across what seemed like obscure messages , quirkily encoded , that threatened to upset my peace of mind . |
| 6 | From time to time he would visit his family in Germany and when he left in July 1939 everyone assumed he would return . |
| 7 | From time to time he would try to pin Secord down on it , but Secord had no more sense of a plan than he had . |
| 8 | From time to time he would get up and glance critically over his work and look at his models . |
| 9 | From time to time he would shoo us away from his window . |
| 10 | Always popular with older Jamaican audiences , from time to time he would perform on ‘ revival nights ’ , still giving a stirring performance on classics like ‘ Come Softly To Me ’ and ‘ Keep On Running ’ . |
| 11 | From time to time he would take it out and read it , but no others came ; and he had to be content from time to time with the sight of Dinah above him on the lighted stage , playing her part superbly , her breasts outlined by scarlet netted silk . |
| 12 | From time to time he would look back with a certain pride at them . |