Example sentences of "[subord] from time to time " in BNC.

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1 There has been no time in British history when this has ever occurred , although from time to time insurrectionary events , such as the Jacobite risings and Chartism , have appeared to threaten the Establishment .
2 Although from time to time you may find it hard to believe , this is a year of immense personal growth .
3 The image of public service was strong although from time to time a recognition of the public relations benefits was made by the solicitors we interviewed :
4 All its parts work fundamentally as one ’ ( 1977 , p. 47 ) , even if from time to time its various parts seem to be moving in different directions .
5 The urbane Philip Ziegler , writing in the Daily Telegraph , took something like a middle course : ‘ Charmley is too sensible to push his arguments to indefensible lengths ( even if from time to time his attacks on Martin Gilbert 's biography and editing of Churchill 's papers seem unduly waspish ) . ’
6 I give these bibliographical details because from time to time I get asked for them by collectors and booksellers .
7 So that when evening came they were both tired , not only from physical effort but from sheer exposure to the elements — Fen perhaps most of all , because from time to time he had insisted that Robbie go below .
8 And I say that because from time to time I 've had lessons completely interrupted by kids taking the ball and running with it and I 've just sat there , it 's been brilliant !
9 Though from time to time the editorial columns of both Uhuru and the Nationalist called for the Government to take the paper over , and a few MPs supported them , the Standard was not nationalized until February 1970 .
10 After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance .
11 It should be emphasised that if the reputation of the developer for fair dealing is to be maintained , offers made for land found in this manner should be fair and reasonable , as from time to time speculators have acquired sites at far below their true value , in a similar way to door-to-door antique pedlars .
12 Even the unease he had felt when from time to time he had registered his brother 's anxiety , had somehow suggested an adventure .
13 What comforted her , when from time to time she opened her eyes and squinted upwards , was the sight of her statue of Our Lady of Lourdes .
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