Example sentences of "on [det] occasion i " in BNC.
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| 1 | On each occasion I took at least half an hour to get ready , chose my clothes carefully , brushed my teeth , put my earrings in , wore bright-red lipstick . |
| 2 | On each occasion I felt that insufficient effort had been made by the surgical teams to decide on the capacity to give informed consent , and I was dismayed at the immediate assumption of incapacity because the patient had been sectioned . |
| 3 | A similar incident occurred with me in 1983 between Australia and Argentina from even further out from the goal-line , and on that occasion I felt Australia would definitely have scored a try but for a deliberate knock-on by the defenders and awarded a penalty try . |
| 4 | Nor is the death of a patient through incompetent nursing , as on that occasion I pointed out . |
| 5 | On that occasion I had the hardest fight of my career and my prominent nose was badly broken before I won on points . |
| 6 | On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice : |
| 7 | On another occasion I took Hellen to meet two English ladies , Dorothea and Olive Kerr , who had retired from secretarial work in Hollywood and had taken a flat on Jervis Street not far from my own . |
| 8 | On another occasion I came home with a pulled hamstring . |
| 9 | On another occasion I was sitting on a bank with my feet on the headland , and Walter was coming along with his horses . |
| 10 | On another occasion I had set out alone across Peterhead Outer Harbour with our 17ft Searider to fetch the rummage crew off a ship when careless stowage of the bow rope resulted in the trailing end catching the propeller . |
| 11 | On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks . |
| 12 | On this occasion I would like to mention your Guild is only 14 years younger than the Diocese itself . |
| 13 | On this occasion I hypnotized her , stressing heavily not only the relaxation but also that she was now in control of her life and could use what she had learnt to overcome feelings of claustrophobia in any given situation . |
| 14 | On this occasion I was frozen by anger and fear . |
| 15 | Falconry is not a sport confined to women , but on this occasion I felt I had seen the perfect emblem for the ‘ Mistress of the Beasts ’ . |
| 16 | On this occasion I was more relieved than sorry , yet could n't help but smile at the ingenious way they had managed to ease me out . |
| 17 | On this occasion I simply punched out an extra row of holes and cut away the damaged edge . |
| 18 | On this occasion I wrapped myself up in a blanket and went to sleep in a ditch . |
| 19 | As the Foreign Office was still trying to maintain the secrecy of my visits , it was determined that on this occasion I would be met at Johannesburg airport and driven by road to the Rhodesian border where I would be picked up and conveyed by the Rhodesian authorities . |
| 20 | The evening before the diagnosis was made I had a double whisky and developed sneezing and rhinitis , but on this occasion I developed severe bronchospasm within a few minutes . |
| 21 | On this occasion I think I can find a bottle of something special with which to toast the future . |
| 22 | ‘ However , on this occasion I thought it not unreasonable to take a risk . |
| 23 | Well , let me tell you that on this occasion I would welcome a little more intolerance from you . |
| 24 | On this occasion I didn ‘ t , because it was felt that other factors were more important . |
| 25 | On this occasion I felt that all was not well and , although we got round alright , I had a deal of unease about the method employed by the navigator . |
| 26 | On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins . |
| 27 | In the normal run of events these would never come to my notice , but on this occasion I was going to make a plea of mitigation on his behalf and hoped that the Bench would release their prisoner into my care and he would be summarily dealt with in accordance with Air Force Law . |
| 28 | The orders were very strict that one could not move off until the oil temperature was above the minimum and on this occasion I was quite determined to make up the time . |
| 29 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
| 30 | Erm , I 'm on this occasion I 'll keep as close to this as I can possibly go . |