Example sentences of "and on several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gehlen knew more about Russian intelligence than anyone else in Germany and on several occasions had outwitted Russian intelligence completely . |
| 2 | Such actions were virtually undetectable , and on several occasions suspicion there might be , but proof was impossible . |
| 3 | And on several nights Madame , looking from O to Boy and from Boy to O , noticed , as several of us had , their remarkable similarity of colouring . |
| 4 | ‘ Nandie ’ had always enjoyed his two-pennyworth of rum , having ‘ … always declared , and on several occasions proved , that if he venture three-pennyworth , intoxication resulted ’ . |
| 5 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 6 | For a month I had lived in an open tent , a hundred yards from the nearest human being , and from dawn to dusk had wandered through the jungles , and on several occasions had disguised myself as a woman and cut grass in places where no local inhabitant dared to go . |
| 7 | Such attacks provoked strong local indignation and on several occasions the UVF and UDA had issued similar justifications after attacks on republicans . |
| 8 | From 1961 there was a succession of arrests : for breaking into an animal clinic , for forging a stolen cheque , and on several drugs busts . |
| 9 | I had one suitcase , containing my things plus the knitted samples and garments and on several occasions this had to be unpacked at the start of the workshop and repacked at the end ! |
| 10 | His enthusiasm for ‘ La Causa ’ , as he called it , spread to thousands of liberals who joined him on boycotts and on several dramatic marches to Sacramento . |
| 11 | A recent randomised trial from Ghana was described in a letter but details on loss to follow up , on use of an intention to treat analysis , and on several end points , including mortality , were missing . |
| 12 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 13 | He noticed that Minton often talked despairingly and on several occasions involved himself and Vaughan in discussions of suicide . |
| 14 | The basic design , a man leaning on a stick and playing with a dog , is found on archaic fragments from Athens and on several early classical pieces , one from Apollonia Pontica , a Milesian colony on the Black Sea which boasted a statue by Kalamis . |
| 15 | She defended militancy , arguing that the violence of the suffragettes was vastly outweighed by the force used against them , and on several occasions she was imprisoned and subjected to force-feeding in Holloway gaol . |
| 16 | He was sent by Henry III to Rome in 1226 , 1227 , 1228 , and 1234 ; to Antwerp for negotiations with envoys of the Emperor Frederick II in 1227 ; and on several occasions to France or Wales to renew truces . |
| 17 | Despite the August accord both sides complained of ceasefire violations throughout the month , and on several occasions the rebels expressed scepticism about the commitment of President Juvénal Habyarimana to the peace talks . |
| 18 | At times he got impatient , if Rory failed to grasp a point , and on several occasions he glossed over figures that Rory raised a query on , assured him it was all in hand , there was nothing he need bother with . |
| 19 | He attended the assembly 's sessions regularly and on several occasions used it as a parliamentary forum in which to press his case . |
| 20 | Work kept her busy , and on several occasions she actually enjoyed her job . |