Example sentences of "[vb past] on several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This occurred on several Riglos routes , where text and topo also differed as to the number of pitches ( Routes 2 , 9 and 14 are good examples ) . |
| 2 | U K market tried on several occasions to break through and remain above the two thousand level today , but confidence remains low and the Footsie one hundred index was unable to find support . |
| 3 | They appealed on several grounds , but particularly that ‘ an agreement by two or more persons to insert advertisements in a magazine for the purpose of homosexual acts taking place between consenting adult males in private did not constitute an offence ’ . |
| 4 | This happened on several occasions , with the kisses and hugs becoming longer and more passionate as time went on . |
| 5 | With his television news background and now intimate knowledge of Middle East drugs trafficking , Coleman helped Ross and Silverman prepare what was generally considered to be as balanced and authoritative a survey of narco-terrorism as the media had ever presented to the American public , a contribution which they both generously acknowledged on several occasions afterwards and which subsequently led to Coleman 's appearance on NBC News after the Flight 103 disaster , although neither of them were aware then or before of his DIA/NARCOG affiliations . |
| 6 | Then he served on several Government committees of enquiry or review as well as engaging in a little more political manoeuvring than had been his habit . |
| 7 | The Derby defence had no answer to the pulsating attacking moves made by Birmingham and Saville threatened on several occasions to open his account with Derbys defence in total disarray . |
| 8 | Charlemagne fought and worked on several fronts at any one time ; in the military , political and cultural senses . |
| 9 | On another occasion he was spotted by an opposing Derby County player lying drunk in the street the night before an important league match , a scene that he repeated on several occasions in London 's late-night jazz clubs . |
| 10 | Many Frenchmen whom I met on several occasions at the Training Centre at Achnacarry and on the South Coast of England had also gone , either killed or wounded . |
| 11 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 12 | We did on several occasions . |
| 13 | They spoke on several occasions . |
| 14 | Muriel said on several notes , implying it was the wrong type of joke and the wrong time . |
| 15 | I witnessed on several occasions horribly embarrassing disagreements between Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams , but it was clear that his loyalty to her would not be disturbed by any difference of opinion or any show of temper . |
| 16 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 17 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 18 | She had on several occasions fobbed off my clumsy advances with great ease and much friendliness . |
| 19 | After the demise of the League , South Africa had on several occasions acknowledged that its obligations under the Mandate continued , and asserted that it would conform with these obligations . |
| 20 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
| 21 | If he reluctantly yielded on several occasions to such pressure , he much more quickly , and quite as often , violated his word afterwards ; in this he was but his father 's son . |
| 22 | Instead she sipped on several cups of reviving , strong black coffee , and chewed listlessly on a piece of cardboard masquerading as toast . |
| 23 | There followed individual portraits of Bobby ( Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool ) , Eric ( Royal Albert Museum , Exeter ) , Oska , who sat on several occasions , as well as one of Judith Hollman ( Colour Plate VIII ) . |