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

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1 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 .
2 It is a strange sensation , but many sense it from time to time : a consuming desire to part with money .
3 You could n't help but contradict yourself from time to time .
4 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 .
5 I get it from time to time .
6 Allow plenty of time for them to find out what they do not know and summarize to bring together the strands of the discussion to a point where you both understand the proposed action .
7 allow plenty of time in your total schedule for the physical typing and reproduction of your report .
8 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 .
9 The majority of glaziers and glass merchants find themselves from time to time with either ‘ salvage ’ plate glass from broken shop windows or ‘ off cuts ’ from new shop windows , explained Malcolm .
10 Additionally , as already mentioned , patting a horse on its neck can be beneficial when trying to shoe a difficult horse ; and we pat it in time to the farrier 's hammer .
11 In any case , if Parson Woodforde 's manservant Ben Leggatt found himself temporarily ‘ out of pocket ’ , all he had to do was to pawn the best pair of trousers he had been wearing over the weekend and redeem them in time for church on Sunday .
12 I am sure the answer is yes ; we all do it from time to time .
13 The whole exercise should take about ten to fifteen minutes — leave lots of time for the ‘ imagining ’ part .
14 I was enormously impressed by a recent Thorofon CD of the four-art Fantasias for viols ( ) , and so I was delighted to see six-part works follow them in time for the quatercentenary of Jenkins 's birth this years .
15 If you 've plenty of time for thinking about it
16 Keep a list of things you worry about and analyse it from time to time to see what your worrying changed .
17 If they decide they do n't like what she does , they have plenty of time over tea to say so before the painting begins .
18 He had been invited to become a visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton : he would , in other words , have plenty of time on his hands and would there be able to consider Browne 's suggestions .
19 They still have plenty of time in which to get it right . ’
20 Schools of beginners spend lots of time in the water at first , but who cares when it 's warm ?
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