Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is immensely interesting , ’ he murmurs from time to time . |
| 2 | He demurred , he asked for time to think , to consult his wife , to put the proposal to his daughter . |
| 3 | He asked for time to consider , but this was brushed aside and Nu , willy-nilly , became MP for Mergui , a place he had never previously visited . |
| 4 | He recovered in time to lead his side in the World Cup . |
| 5 | He recovered in time to join , as a colonel , the staff of 400 that A. J. Balfour ( later first Earl of Balfour ) took to the Paris peace conference , where he watched politicians disputing over Levantine problems . |
| 6 | Because of his standing in the village he ventured at times to talk in a way which later proved disastrous about his anti-Fascist feelings . |
| 7 | Yes he was free , he would try to explain , free in body but not in spirit , and he found in time that really he preferred to work with animals rather than people . |
| 8 | ‘ Souness has inherited the biggest mess at Anfield that I can remember and in trying to get himself out of it he has at times become even more bogged down . |
| 9 | He counts in time with each step : one-two-three-four , following a pace behind Babur . |
| 10 | But he stopped in time , before reaching the bridge . |
| 11 | Milton caught himself opening his mouth to defend Lord Mountbatten 's right to be considered an Englishman , but he stopped in time . |
| 12 | And he 's prepared to make ‘ harsh decisions ‘ to ensure he gets the return he wants in time for Saturday 's League match against Southampton at The Dell . |
| 13 | He played for time . |
| 14 | Eventually he built up a collection of bells which he played in time to the tunes he would play on his harmonium . |
| 15 | He was charming , and found women desirable , so inevitably he weakened from time to time . |
| 16 | ‘ Ferkin ell , ’ he says , in a special humorous artificial voice which he uses from time to time with Phil , to ward off jokes he has not entirely understood . |
| 17 | He woke from time to time and on each occasion drank a little more . |
| 18 | ( He allows from time to time that it is also concerned with the quality , bad , but bad takes a decidedly second place in his discussions . ) |
| 19 | He arrived on time for his appointment and he was not kept waiting ; the receptionist introduced him at once . |
| 20 | He was employed on the reconstruction of the bishop of Winchester 's palace at Wolvesey , and he acted from time to time as architect as well as builder . |
| 21 | Another expression of this psychic force is found in the cynicism and bitterness he displayed from time to time when he grumbles about the dark , the flies and the cold ; but other references are very much stronger , e.g. ‘ The Cuckold 's Song ’ etc ) . |
| 22 | The constant dangers and perplexities that beset John Kemp arise from the ferocious enmity of O'Brien , whose hatred of anything English is increased by his hopeless love for the Don 's daughter Seraphina , for whose sake he moderates from time to time his evil power over the old aristocrat . |
| 23 | He was trying to qualify for the Spring Satellite , but he returned in time to defeat Simon Bramwell ( Herts ) , in the final round . |
| 24 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 25 | Ulster champion jockey Paddy Graffin was taken to hospital with an injured hand after Late Stretch had fallen in the Mares Race , but he returned in time to ride Glenmavis in the final race . |
| 26 | After four months in the West End , Crawford was ordered by doctors to take a twelve-day rest to recover from a severe back strain , but he returned in time to appear in front of Prince Charles . |
| 27 | Despite what he saw as her sweetness — her innocence — he sensed at times that physical contact was n't just a remote dream . |
| 28 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 29 | A prince 's entourage provided his closest friends , his most trusted servants , the knights on whom he relied in time of crisis . |
| 30 | He seems at times to be reassuring himself of his grip upon a world of his own devising . |