Example sentences of "from time to [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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1 | Remember to check on them from time to time and water them carefully if the compost seems dry . |
2 | Check from time to time and water if the compost is dry . |
3 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
4 | The parents separated from time to time and the father also served a prison sentence . |
5 | ( Foreigners , when it happened to them , sometimes considered it a manifestation of xenophobia ; but such evidence as there is suggests it was indiscriminate , an endemic propensity to sudden rigour which overcame individuals from time to time and afflicted everyone in contact with the official thus possessed . ) |
6 | – Taken all in all , then , the land is intrinsically more intricate than the oceans ; it has more variation , from time to time and from place to place . |
7 | They heard firing from time to time and at one point were challenged . |
8 | Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table . |
9 | I cherished that dolly , kept on altering the face with new stitching from time to time and I still have it in a drawer somewhere . |
10 | When I was much younger I did take chances from time to time and can recall more than one close shave . |
11 | They were closed down from time to time and checked the day prior to our morning operation . |
12 | Exhibitions are held there from time to time and there is an art and craft gallery in the old vicarage opposite the church . |
13 | ‘ Mo is the type of character who needs an arm around his shoulder from time to time and a wee pat on the back to keep him going . |
14 | The easier alternative for video is to record the scene as a two-shot ( page 73 ) , the static nature of which can be relieved by discreetly zooming in and panning between the two speakers from time to time and then zooming back to the two-shot . |
15 | Stand back from time to time and take a look at the big picture . |
16 | We visited Edinburgh from time to time and one evening were invited by the Queen to a dance at Holyrood House . |
17 | I 've managed to get them pretty manky from time to time and a spin through the washing machine brings them up as good as new . |
18 | Wendy and Mary take a long large selections of books and yarns each month , give talks and demonstrations from time to time and are a mine of information on all things knitting — they do the same for other knitting clubs in the area . |
19 | Even though Marci gets to give him a cuddle from time to time and wash his favourite bright red undies . |
20 | The pronouncement of big statements is anathema to Juliana because she feels her point of view changes from time to time and she 's afraid of saying too much in case she alienates people , but she does admit to finding life in America ‘ scary ’ at the moment . |
21 | Their function can vary from time to time and place to place . |
22 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
23 | Details of courses for returners organised by nursing agencies or commercial conference organisations appear in the national weekly nursing press from time to time and in local newspapers . |
24 | He woke from time to time and on each occasion drank a little more . |
25 | No matter how thorough our precautions , however , trouble will strike from time to time and , as with all forms of sickness , the very first thing we then have to do is diagnose or identify the cause . |
26 | This commitment to shared worlds is in fact socially contingent and will vary from time to time and between different communicators . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | How he chose to exercise those rights differed from time to time and from province to province . |
29 | According to principle 3 , on market practice , a firm should ‘ comply with any code or standard as in force from time to time and as it applies to the firm either according to its terms or by rulings made under it . ’ |
30 | I get tired of all this from time to time and attempt to get off the Circle Line and branch out into new conversational territory . |