Example sentences of "occur [prep] [pron] that he had " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 2 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
| 3 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 4 | It occurred to him that he had reached the age when a man looks forward to his pleasures less keenly than in youth but is disproportionately aggrieved when his plans are upset . |
| 5 | In the instant before his failure to reply became conspicuous , it occurred to him that he had never met anybody whose natural gaze was so wide-eyed and unblinking , so direct yet unrevealing . |
| 6 | It occurred to him that he had n't eaten . |