Example sentences of "[vb past] from time to time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The romantic-lyrical ballad style of twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley clings stubbornly to its role in the representation of gender relations within the norms set by the stereotype of the bourgeois couple , despite attempts made from time to time to move it into new patterns with new meanings . |
| 2 | By earning a pittance as a contributor to learned periodicals , she managed from time to time to share rooms in London with friends . |
| 3 | He sat on a chair facing the desk and did not look at Mr Rose , though he did from time to time tilt his head to measure the angled slices of building and reflected light arranged by the blind . |
| 4 | Picking her way carefully as he 'd instructed , Robbie paused from time to time to cast a puzzled look back at Fen . |
| 5 | But as time went on and the numbers grew , more organized arrangements had to be made ; and the abbot of Cluny had from time to time to undertake mighty journeys . |
| 6 | A General Alexander — a Yorkshire acquaintance of Aitken and an authority on Nigerian affairs who had from time to time provided Aitken , in his journalistic capacity , with snippets of information about the war — had been used by the British government , because of his knowledge of Nigeria and the military position , as an unofficial adviser in these matters . |
| 7 | 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 . |