Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] time [prep] " 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 | ‘ Moray and the north will always be his , and the rest would have joined them in time with no more than what he was offering : equal rule , equal justice , equal worship . |
| 3 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 4 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And leved he in time of blody kinges |
| 7 | It is a strange sensation , but many sense it from time to time : a consuming desire to part with money . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The friend is to visit him from time to time to make sure he proceeds with discretion . |
| 10 | When you type in a document , saving it from time to time , Word does not destroy the very last version that you saved but renames it as a back-up copy . |
| 11 | One of the problems in your case is , we 've never really been able to Cos i i When we when we 've examined you from time to time , things come and gone . |
| 12 | to see you from time to time |
| 13 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 14 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 15 | The warmth that Alain had shown her from time to time had quite gone now and she knew he would continue to be an enemy . |
| 16 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
| 17 | Yes and the kids can drop round and see her from time to time . |
| 18 | Extraordinary revenues derived from the general obligation of the King 's subjects to aid him in times of emergency . |
| 19 | She faced it from time to time , charged up her hate battery , reminded herself . |
| 20 | He phones me from time to time when he has heard something he thinks will be of use to me . |
| 21 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 22 | Friends of Piatakov restrained him from time to time lest Lenin discover the truth . |
| 23 | I get it from time to time . |
| 24 | the bumper bundle of review samples they were sending has n't reached us in time for this issue , though , so look out next month for further toe-tappin' details ! |
| 25 | These charges and interest rates are variable and the Bank reserves the right to amend them from time to time . |
| 26 | You 'll have them in time for the competition perhaps . ’ |
| 27 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They are desperate to furnish it in time for their Easter service . |
| 30 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |