Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view that the Lord 's Day is essentially the Jewish Sabbath — a ‘ taboo ’ day — transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week found expression from time to time in medieval law and theology . |
| 2 | There is evidence to suggest that young swains showed interest from time to time but were probably defeated by lack of time and opportunity on the one hand and by Hannah 's shy , reserved nature on the other . |
| 3 | Poor Charles Bradlaugh , returned time after time by the electors of Northampton was first found by the courts ( on the application of an informer for a penalty ) to be disentitled to affirm ( since , having no religion , he had no religious objection to taking the oath ) ( in Clarke v Bradlaugh ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 38 , reversed but not on this point in Bradlaugh v Clarke ( 1883 ) 8 App Cas 354 ) . |
| 4 | I lost count of time as The Butcher banged away and the girl hung on grimly to my jerking skull . |
| 5 | William Dement conducted a number of experiments to establish the extent to which subjects lost track of time during REM sleep , in association with Nathaniel Kleitman and Edward Wolpert . |
| 6 | He also said he knew she took cocaine from time to time . |
| 7 | For the first time ever Unix is teetering on the brink of real consolidation , with all its hopes focused on a humble billionaire businessman who wears $180 suits , plays golf with $90 clubs from a discount outlet and bought Unix in time for Christmas . |
| 8 | The forwards exerted pressure from time to time , with Thompson and the substitute Garcia both going close to scoring . |