Example sentences of "from time to time [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Nevertheless because they are supposed to be men of wide experience and outstanding capability the bishop may from time to time give them particular tasks to do in connection with parish priests .
3 As we spent hour after hour sitting at our work-table , all curtains drawn to intensify our concentration beneath the old-fashioned fringed standard lamp , he would from time to time ease his buttocks and balls , pulling and tugging on the firm seams of the taut , well-worn jeans or the well-rubbed brown needle cords , scratching and stroking himself idly , as if unselfconsciously in the most private places with those delicate fingers with the bitten nails and his big , warm palms .
4 For advocacy groups to work properly they must feel that they are truly independent of the influence of professionals employed by the authority , since any group will from time to time find itself challenging the advice of a consultant psychiatrist or service manager employed by the authority .
5 Sometimes the insured risks are stated to be : fire and such other risks as the Landlord may from time to time deem it desirable to insure against This is clearly inadequate as there is an interrelationship between the insurance clause , the tenant 's repairing covenant and the proviso for suspension of rent .
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