Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] from time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked partway along the trail , closing my eyes from time to time , imagining myself blind , unable to see . |
| 2 | ‘ I have made arrangements with certain people in the neighbourhood — a pastor , a doctor , business people , a local historian and so on — to receive my students from time to time and talk about their work . |
| 3 | Information is correct at the time of going to press , but museums may have to vary their hours from time to time and it is worth checking before a special visit is made , especially around Christmas , Easter and Bank Holidays . |
| 4 | I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy . |
| 5 | Afterwards they went to a nightclub and danced and smooched in the smoky blackness , cleaning their throats from time to time with champagne . |
| 6 | It has always been my belief that a class of our type needs to review its rules from time to time so as not to become outdated . |
| 7 | In an extreme form this analysis would suggest that the senior civil servants constitute an effective and permanent ruling class forced to make adjustments to their policies from time to time because of the intervention of ministers . |
| 8 | She did n't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time . |
| 9 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 10 | The publishing world would be badly hit if politicians did not bring forth their diaries from time to time , showing just how they reacted at the time to particular world events . |
| 11 | During this period contractors frequently made payments in cash and individual sub-contractors changed their names from time to time to avoid detection by Inland Revenue inspectors . |
| 12 | Tens of millions of people take part in its ceremonies from time to time , or have neighbours who do , and many of them rely on it to uphold and promote traditional English values . |
| 13 | He will not be free to indulge in his hobbies of gardening , fishing , photography and some gentle camping but promised to go and see his friends from time to time . |
| 14 | Nevertheless we are told that he kept tablets or notebooks under his pillow , and would practise his letters from time to time . |
| 15 | The Allied guns behind us sent a few shells rushing over our heads from time to time . |
| 16 | Janet , erm , obviously we 'd examine your circumstances from time to time , erm , but er , there are obviously perhaps areas that concern you . |
| 17 | Their shells had been passing over our positions from time to time all day , with a loud rush that sometimes appeared to shake the trees . |
| 18 | Did n't she disturb your thoughts from time to time ? ’ |