Example sentences of "from time [prep] time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wandered in from time to time looking , usually , for something which was out of print or which no other bookseller had come around to stocking . |
| 2 | The effect of the war was , as in many other industries , to force government , employers and unions in shipping to face and to solve as best they could , many problems of relationships and jurisdictions which had been simmering , and from time to time erupting , for many years . |
| 3 | The following three forms of rates of interest may be regarded as suitable for use where it is envisaged that the rate of interest should fluctuate from time to time according to market rates : |
| 4 | The size of this deposit varies by contract , and from time to time depending on trading conditions . |
| 5 | In them , the police were not shot at by gunmen as in the home districts of the Provisional IRA , On the contrary , they were not only welcome , but received deputations from residents from time to time imploring them ‘ to take the gangsters off our backs ’ . |
| 6 | Fill the trench with water and progressively jump over it , from time to time removing a pole . |
| 7 | All we have is the government time from time to time tweaking up the regulations as its er as its er it it it its doing here . |
| 8 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 9 | It is a maze in which Tory Members wander blindly , from time to time colliding with each other . |
| 10 | Dr Ali was scurrying along beside him and from time to time glaring down the line of boys . |
| 11 | We in South Cambridgeshire feel from time to time sitting on the doorstep of a university city that we are often ignored and I 'm sure that that is a very fair criticism as far as our District Council is concerned . |
| 12 | Dogs followed her everywhere , watching , waiting , sniffing and from time to time mounting her . |
| 13 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |
| 14 | To promote communication means from time to time analysing why there have been failures in the process . |
| 15 | He was kind of staggering , with one hand held to his temple , and from time to time making a noise like water running out of a bath . |