Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ When your brother Maurice 's wife was ill and David was an infant I understand you looked after him from time to time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We all have to think of ourselves from time to time , do n't we ? ’ |
| 3 | It is a real link , not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ relationship . |
| 4 | WML is a real link not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ . |
| 5 | Sir Philip Egerton having been kind enough to give me a Frank I embrace the opportunity to send you some account of Mr. Gould and his movements , presuming that as you expressed a wish to hear of him from time to time , a letter on this subject might not be devoid of interest . |
| 6 | The routine of the annexe on Friday after school was disturbed by Mr Crumwallis making ineffectual invasions of it from time to time . |
| 7 | They need to be rooted out of themselves from time to time . |
| 8 | Much of it is a matter of planning and approach , and most of us from time to time talk with colleagues and seek advice from older and perhaps wiser hands . |
| 9 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 10 | Well they keep complaining about the refectory food so they come over here and have mutton stew with me from time to time , and they I quite like their company . |
| 11 | With 23 branches throughout the United Kingdom , and more being established , the Institute offers members the opportunity to discuss export subjects with other experienced practitioners and to enjoy social functions with them from time to time . |
| 12 | She lived with the child and her father stayed with them from time to time in the flat on the north side of Glasgow . |
| 13 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 14 | This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance . |
| 15 | Putting this another way , what is the mechanism whereby we " create … the patterns of … linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time [ we wish ] to be identified " ? |
| 16 | A comparatively lazy day with plenty of time to ooh and aah . |
| 17 | I know Mother traded with him from time to time , and once sent a quantity of wool away to another mill and had some back as grey blankets . |
| 18 | Kate did not seem to play a great part in her husband 's political life : she appeared on platforms with him from time to time , but she was by no means an automatic member of his entourage . |
| 19 | Eating out will be the most difficult for the first two stages , but you can certainly get away with it from time to time . |
| 20 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Chairs must be placed down the room , back to back , one less in number than the players who gallop round them in time to the music . |
| 23 | By democratic regimes we mean those in which from time to time the people is given the illusion of being sovereign , while true effective sovereignty lies in other , perhaps irresponsible and secret , forces … |
| 24 | Everyone , I think , is vulnerable to the guest , or guests that descend upon you from time to time . |
| 25 | The idea was to put him in it from time to time to give his gammy leg a rest . |
| 26 | It is the result of experiments with ideas that come to me from time to time , and developments into another way of segmenting to produce a slightly different result . |
| 27 | He 's talked to me from time to time . |
| 28 | Remember to check on them from time to time and water them carefully if the compost seems dry . |
| 29 | A shadow fell on them from time to time , from his own past as well as from hers , and it seemed then that they were threatened by some evil which could blot out their joy at a moment 's notice . |
| 30 | So , in this , very animal loving assembly , I think er , you would agree er , only twenty one are vegetarians and seventy nine people love animals but they also enjoy chewing on them from time to time . |