Example sentences of "[pron] from time to time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Zuwaya maintained an image of statelessness and an identity as free persons which from time to time became an active force in their politics . |
| 2 | This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism . |
| 3 | There are calm , spaciousness and perfectly balanced pictures within the overall design which from time to time acquire a more athletic quality , particularly in Monotones H ( i.e. two boys and a girl ) . |
| 4 | It seems clear that there is a distinction between the one who is a prophet and those who from time to time prophesy . |
| 5 | It 's he who from time to time begins talks with the observation that a referee 's parentage is often questioned . |
| 6 | The successful introduction of a rationalised and acceptable meaning to the word ‘ god ‘ would destroy the dominance of those people , often of superior intelligence , who from time to time have come to power in nearly all civilisations , by exploiting the fear of the unknown among their fellows . |
| 7 | Charles kept the appellants waiting , bribing them from time to time to stop them becoming too impatient ; meanwhile his younger brother Louis Duke of Anjou concentrated on building up a party in Aquitaine , winning over many of the nobility of Pèrigord , Rouergue , Quercy and the Agenais by a judicious mixture of bribes and promises . |
| 8 | Producer Duncan Weldon has asked him from time to time to do a tour but Courtenay has never responded until now . |
| 9 | The friend is to visit him from time to time to make sure he proceeds with discretion . |
| 10 | The warmth that Alain had shown her from time to time had quite gone now and she knew he would continue to be an enemy . |
| 11 | Timothy , although a regular caller , had n't mentioned the alternative to Yelton again , but the way he looked at her from time to time made words unnecessary . |
| 12 | Keep a list of things you worry about and analyse it from time to time to see what your worrying changed . |
| 13 | The idea was to put him in it from time to time to give his gammy leg a rest . |
| 14 | Although I was n't brought up in the Jewish faith — my mother would n't hear of it — he still passed on to me all those standards that were part of his own upbringing and would never tolerate what he from time to time described as my ‘ unacceptable behaviour ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I do still pinch myself from time to time to convince myself it is really happening . ’ |
| 16 | Much of it is a matter of planning and approach , and most of us from time to time talk with colleagues and seek advice from older and perhaps wiser hands . |