Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] from time to " in BNC.

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1 To return to the example , the non-distressed parent may choose to make explicit to the friend her own thinking , such as ‘ well , the children do usually obey us and every parent gets wound up from time to time with their child ’ .
2 Commercial users of grain such as brewers of beer or vinegar or producers of starch were also picked out from time to time .
3 He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ?
4 Wallace saw the great northern continents of Eurasia and North America as the chief focus of progressive evolution from which higher types had radiated out from time to time .
5 They were closed down from time to time and checked the day prior to our morning operation .
6 A little later , at 7 p.m. , the whole scene was lit up from time to time by electrical discharges , and at one time the cloud above the mountain presented ‘ the appearance of an immense pine tree , with the stem and branches formed with volcanic lightning ’ .
7 My hon. Friend , who has been courteous and kind in meeting delegations led by me and by other hon. Members to discuss the problem , has pointed out from time to time that the scheme is the responsibility of the county council .
8 Hoops used to be brought out from time to time , to become a craze , then be forgotten again .
9 We hope the branches and members w w will believe those reports because they will be the truth , and not some of the more highly coloured statements which I 'm sure will be put around from time to time .
10 I get chatted up from time to time , though if you have a small child — ’ she glanced through the mirror at Thomas ‘ — not too many men want to become involved .
11 In the thirteenth century , itinerant royal justices were sent out from time to time with a list of enquiries to put to local communities .
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