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  • Her brother William, coming in from evening surgery, remarked with all the experience of someone who had been to the Continent of Europe on several occasions,

    Politics 101 2010

  • In the words of Wordsworth, it is, on such occasions,

    Castle Dangerous 2008

  • “For,” says Herbert to me, coming home to dinner on one of those special occasions,

    Great Expectations 2007

  • “The French,” said the Templar, raising his voice with the presumptuous and authoritative tone which he used upon all occasions,

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • Fathom, who expected this storm, far from attempting to oppose its progress, waited with patience until its first violence was overblown; then, assuming an air of condolence, animated with that resolution which a friend ought to maintain on such occasions,

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

  • While the Spartans closed within five points on six occasions,

    NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Michigan State vs. Texas 2002

  • That is the great question to be asked on all such occasions,

    Framley Parsonage 2004

  • While the Spartans closed within five points on six occasions,

    NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Michigan State vs. Texas 2002

  • Accustomed to let his impulses direct him on all other occasions,

    Armadale 2003

  • Let us suppose that X is a particular LED that flashes on three distinct occasions,

    States of Affairs Wetzel, Thomas 2003

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