Example sentences of "[adv] from [noun sg] to time [verb] " 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 | ‘ But she would come in from time to time to inspect the ingredients and make sure everything was fresh , nothing frozen , dried or packeted , especially not the orange juice for breakfast , which had to be freshly squeezed from three kilos of oranges . |
| 3 | The hotel bookshop went on displaying Archer and Sheldon and Forsyth , happily oblivious to the world-famous authors who flitted in from time to time to paw the paperbacks . |
| 4 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 5 | So they kill or look for carcasses already available and search them for beetles , spiders , maggots and the like , turning the bodies over from time to time to aid their search . |
| 6 | She had already from time to time employed Mrs Rafferty , although the incredibly swift rate of her pregnancies made her appearances at Four Winds unpredictable . |
| 7 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 8 | The Council may also from time to time promulgate Codes of Practice if it is of the opinion that such codes will further the objects of the Council . |
| 9 | On one of them , where I farmed for 45 years , while my employees who belonged there spoke Gaelic , I also from time to time employed Scots speakers from Alyth , splendid fellows , in whose speech I could recognise classical Scots words which occur in the poetry of the Scottish Chaucerians . |
| 10 | Either : place the pears in the saucepan with the boiled wine mixture and simmer for 10–15 minutes , turning the pears carefully from time to time to ensure even colouring . |
| 11 | I just pop up from time to time to see if Bob 's all right . ’ |
| 12 | Entering it he could imagine her sitting there in the summer days and evenings , working on the papers which she occasionally contributed to ornithological journals and looking up from time to time to gaze out over the headland to the sea and the far horizon , could see again that carved , weather-browned Aztec face with its hooded eyes under the grey-black hair , drawn back into a bun , could hear again a voice which , for him , had been one of the most beautiful female voices he had ever heard . |
| 13 | By evening she had picked her way down the cliff to the rocky ledges at the water 's edge , and was the object of interest of two seals , who popped their whiskery noses up from time to time to observe her . |
| 14 | They are precise in detail yet from time to time break away from the formal patterns of Petipa 's well-ordered conventions . |
| 15 | All monies shall be kept with the Society 's Bankers , unless and until otherwise from time to time resolved by the Society in General Meeting , and all cheques shall be signed by one member of the Executive Committee and countersigned by the Treasurer or Secretary . |
| 16 | ( c ) All monies shall be kept with the Society 's Bankers , unless and until otherwise from time to time resolved by the Society in General Meeting , and all cheques shall be signed by one member of the Executive Committee and countersigned by the Treasurer or Secretary . |
| 17 | All monies shall be kept with the Society 's Bankers , unless and until otherwise from time to time resolved by the Society in General Meeting . |