Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] from time to " in BNC.

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1 her lips moving from time to time
2 ‘ Widow Or Bust ’ is generally good crack and I found myself giving way to a bit of foot tapping from time to time .
3 Wounded were being carried through the trees to the shelter of the farm buildings , the medics stopping from time to time to rest , then continued quickly on their way .
4 Dinosaurs were , in fact , a serial species , dying off in relays , sometimes even with ‘ new , improved ’ versions emerging from time to time .
5 If the demand includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of charge must be separately identified and the grounds on which payment of it is claimed must be stated .
6 The petition must state : ( i ) the amount of the debt ( in sterling , converted from any foreign currency at the official exchange rate at the date of issue of the petition , by analogy with r 6.111 ) , the consideration for it ( or , if there is no consideration , the way in which it arises ) and the fact that it is owed to the petitioner ; ( ii ) when the debt was incurred or became due ; ( iii ) if the debt includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of the charge ( separately identified ) and the grounds upon which it is claimed to form part of the debt provided that , in the case of a petition based upon a statutory demand , only the interest claimed in the demand is included ; ( iv ) that the debt is unsecured , and either that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable immediately and the debtor appears to be unable to pay it , or that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable at some certain future specified time and the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it .
7 But virtue needs rewarding from time to time …
8 It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth .
9 Many organisations will have important " one-off " industrial relations issues arising from time to time which are suitable for a similar approach .
10 ‘ I should like to huff and to puff and to blow his house down and take Maggie away from him and she and me and Francie could go back to Ireland and live quietly together and play music and have a little step dancing from time to time . ’
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