Sentence examples for had occasion from inspiring English sources

I've had occasion to test this claim.

I have not had occasion to speak to him since.

American had occasion to use the new software almost immediately.

They've had occasion to learn, over the years.

John Flamsteed, the Astronomer Royal, had occasion to feel that he ruled it tyrannically.

She also said that she has never had occasion to meet a foreign head of state.

Grousbeck has had occasion to celebrate in the World's Most Famous Arena.

A secretary in a Washington law firm had occasion to dictate a telegram over the telephone.

A man had occasion to address a letter to a small Swedish town.

A guy named Langan had occasion to change his trousers on the stage.

Already this year he has had occasion, he said, to squelch some leftover delight.