On brief occasions, he was allowed to rise toward consciousness so that the surgeons could test their work.

On the two brief occasions when they had met, there had been an odd kind of constraint between them.

The two men were old friends and Fraser could speak with earthy bluntness on the brief occasions when he laid the pose aside.

Hetty had seen Melissande only upon two brief occasions, neither of which had provided her with many clues as to the lady's character.

She did, however, return to the Swedish court on several brief occasions, among them in 1618.

On the brief occasion that there is an interaction between the two, the infants would be the one to initiate.

Into the Pennsylvanian, the local elevation was low and on brief occasions West Virginia fell below sea level.

He had on brief occasions been able to forget the past, and now it all came back again.

He successfully cornered at brief occasions local markets in ash timber, grain and certain wines.

Mr. Ozal will only go into the Greek capital for two brief ceremonial occasions.