Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [prep] time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not take them very long to get the hang of it , scraping carefully with the blade at an angle of forty-five degrees and pausing from time to time in order to wipe it clean . |
| 2 | All patient areas require alteration , decoration and cleaning from time to time . |
| 3 | As a member of the National Trust for Scotland for nearly 58 years , and having from time to time been involved in its affairs , I want to add my personal support to Douglas Connell 's proposition ( Points of View , 15 March ) that the functions of the National Heritage Memorial Fund ( in so far as they relate to Scotland ) should in future be carried out by a new body established in Scotland . |
| 4 | Sharp at nine a conch shell sounded and the temple courtyard filled up with Thais , dressed in white trousers with embroidered aprons , chanting and shaking in time to gongs . |
| 5 | The ghostly cloud hung beneath the nets , tumbling and churning in time to the pulsing rhythm of the music . |
| 6 | tug arrived , and the poor wreck had been towed away , still under water , but surfacing from time to time as though she had still not quite admitted defeat . |