Example sentences of "[pers pn] from [noun sg] to time " in BNC.

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1 It is a real link , not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ relationship .
2 WML is a real link not just a ‘ we 'll be thinking of you from time to time ’ .
3 This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time .
4 to see you from time to time
5 One of the problems in your case is , we 've never really been able to Cos i i When we when we 've examined you from time to time , things come and gone .
6 Has this happened to you from time to time ?
7 Everyone , I think , is vulnerable to the guest , or guests that descend upon you from time to time .
8 ‘ I 'll check on you from time to time . ’
9 I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’
10 We do get bits in do n't we from time to time ?
11 It is inevitable that one or more of these sub-groups will be disappointed in me from time to time and I will be disappointed in them .
12 It is the result of experiments with ideas that come to me from time to time , and developments into another way of segmenting to produce a slightly different result .
13 Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results .
14 He phones me from time to time when he has heard something he thinks will be of use to me .
15 Well they keep complaining about the refectory food so they come over here and have mutton stew with me from time to time , and they I quite like their company .
16 He 's talked to me from time to time .
17 Remember to check on them from time to time and water them carefully if the compost seems dry .
18 With 23 branches throughout the United Kingdom , and more being established , the Institute offers members the opportunity to discuss export subjects with other experienced practitioners and to enjoy social functions with them from time to time .
19 These charges and interest rates are variable and the Bank reserves the right to amend them from time to time .
20 The insurance companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
21 The Insurance Companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
22 Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them .
23 A shadow fell on them from time to time , from his own past as well as from hers , and it seemed then that they were threatened by some evil which could blot out their joy at a moment 's notice .
24 Everyone who has ever taken an exam will remember that feeling of complete and utter boredom that overwhelmed them from time to time .
25 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 .
26 Though most developed countries deplore such practices , most either practice them from time to time — as Britain did in its arms dealing with Saudi Arabia — or else turn a blind eye when it suits them .
27 This position is complicated by the fact that society has no established customs surrounding either the step-parent role or , perhaps even more acutely , the role of the divorced parent no longer living with his or her children but visiting them from time to time .
28 So , in this , very animal loving assembly , I think er , you would agree er , only twenty one are vegetarians and seventy nine people love animals but they also enjoy chewing on them from time to time .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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