Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] on [det] occasion " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 2 | Yes , it 's just a plaque and erm but The thing that erm I enjoyed on that occasion was meeting the other conservationists who 'd been called up . |
| 3 | What I said on that occasion was to confirm a policy agreed with the hon. Gentleman 's own party . |
| 4 | But for some reason she forgot on this occasion and I did not stop to remind her . |
| 5 | But although she became pregnant several times , she miscarried on each occasion . |
| 6 | I mean we want , we want well , to tell you truth , we shall won on that , we won on that occasion . |
| 7 | The public silence was broken early in 1987 by Marxism Today , who can seldom resist a bandwagon , even if they often fall under the wheels in the process ; and the particular bandwagon they joined on this occasion was the one about what the Tories had labelled ‘ Loony Left ’ councils . |
| 8 | Programmes likely to produce such action ought , rather , to be spotted within the BBC in advance and either adjusted suitably or else supported by the Governors in such a way that the politicians would be quietly told , in effect , that if they wished to object they risked on this occasion a larger row than they might want . |
| 9 | If they did on this occasion Owen would be ready . |
| 10 | Imagine how much time and effort would be required if each speaker had to establish the denotation of each term he produced on each occasion of use . |
| 11 | ( He failed on this occasion . ) |
| 12 | It seemed on this occasion she had met her match . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not saying it happened on this occasion , but it is not unknown for a private company to take a loss on government contracts to get a foot in the door . ’ |
| 14 | However , he refrained on this occasion from explicitly linking them to the situation around Afghanistan . |
| 15 | He spoke on another occasion of the music ‘ resting in the mind of the players ’ . |
| 16 | The sermon that he preached on that occasion , is the only one recorded , and it is contained in that letter to his brother . |
| 17 | This is an extract of what he said on that occasion : |
| 18 | This is what he said on that occasion : |