Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them was a young officer who was riding a mule ( which stubbornly stopped from time to time ) and roaring with laughter . |
| 2 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 3 | John talked to Sara but she did n't listen , just nodded from time to time . |
| 4 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 5 | However , the idea that archive work might be used in the training of embryo diplomats still surfaced from time to time in France . |
| 6 | Letters from the States had been few and far between of late , although money from Sean still came from time to time . |
| 7 | The ground still shook in time with the footsteps of the great beast . |
| 8 | And you always worked by time in stables , you 'd get out at say , you went at six o'clock , you got out till seven and were out two hours , that 's seven , eight , nine . |
| 9 | The words of the Spell picked just that moment to surface from the depths of his mind , as they always did in time of crisis . |
| 10 | Louis de Broglie also tried from time to time throughout his later life to find ways of reconciling quantum mechanics with a more deterministic picture . |
| 11 | He often did at times of emotional crisis . |
| 12 | And she even dropped from time to time the odd and flattering hint about the unique nature of her interest . |