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Example sentences for "occasion might"

  • The infantry he placed in another of the buildings, reserving twenty chosen men to act with himself as occasion might require.

  • These battalions were protected by squadrons of horse on the wings and in the rear, while reserves both of horse and arquebusiers were stationed to act as occasion might require.

  • The governor contented himself, therefore, with heading a body of reserve, consisting of forty horse, to act on any quarter as occasion might require.

  • Officers were ordered to their alarm posts, and the troops to be ready, under arms, to act as occasion might require.

  • In the meantime, the garrisons of Forts Mercer and Mifflin were increased, and General Varnum was stationed at Red Bank with his brigade, to be at hand to render reinforcements to either of them as occasion might require.

  • Colonel Washington with his cavalry was posted in their rear, behind the eminence, ready to act as occasion might require.

  • These persons were not to be permanent, but employed as occasion might demand.

  • These, variously combined with one another, have been extended from time to time, as occasion might require, to nearly eighty thousand different characters.

  • The route to the Palace was lined with troops, equally for show and for use in case of emergency, and a battery to fire a salute or to bombard the Palace, as occasion might require, was stationed in a suitable position.

  • The agent should, therefore, have the right of proceeding to Lhasa, as occasion might require, to discuss matters with the Chinese Amban or with the high officials of the Dalai Lama.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "occasion might" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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