Example sentences of "[pers pn] from time to time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preference rules may be broken ; in fact it would be very difficult not to break them from time to time as some of them conflict . |
| 2 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 3 | She lived with the child and her father stayed with them from time to time in the flat on the north side of Glasgow . |
| 4 | While Oliver was eating , the strange boy looked at him from time to time with great attention . |
| 5 | And although the Robemaker lashed out at him from time to time with the thin , cruel rope-lights , he managed not to flinch . |
| 6 | Finally , the Report suggested that the Minister might establish ‘ a small committee to advise her from time to time on the subjects and types of adult education courses which should receive priority in qualifying for grant ’ ( Recommendation 18 ) . |
| 7 | As a whole , in spite of the splendour of much of the singing , this ca n't quite replace present recommendations , particularly those in the historic field , but I am sure it thrilled the audience in the Suntory Hall a year ago and I shall return to it from time to time for its visceral force and its sense of a tension well sustained . |
| 8 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 9 | We find allusive reference to it from time to time in Leonard 's writings and songs — always with a frisson of awe . |