Example sentences of "occur [prep] [pron] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 2 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
| 3 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 4 | I was very green and , to be honest , when Ricky McFarlane quit St Mirren it never occurred to me that I had a chance of getting the job . |
| 5 | It occurred to her that she had n't made the salad . |
| 6 | It was then that her stomach began to yaw , for it occurred to her that she had no solid evidence at all with which to tackle Taczek . |
| 7 | But it occurred to her that she had no right to make the decision for William . |
| 8 | This time the red that flooded Folly 's face was of annoyance — until the thought occurred to her that there had been several other sets of serviceable underwear she could have chosen . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
| 11 | It occurred to him after he 'd bought the cleaning materials and collected his laundry that his shirts would need ironing . |
| 12 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 13 | It occurred to him that she had always bathed in private — the door locked against him . |
| 14 | And it occurred to him that it had almost always been like that : he the serious and thoughtful one , and the one he loved mostly careless and unconcerned . |
| 15 | His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It occurred to him that he had n't eaten . |
| 20 | As she comes to , outside the duty-free wristwatches , it suddenly occurs to her that she 's only ever had one holiday with Chris before , and that was three days in northern France . |
| 21 | And this is a question that always occurs to me and I 've read this novel several times , at the end of it why did she write it ? |
| 22 | Sooner or later it will occur to him that he has only to command to overthrow us . |
| 23 | It does n't occur to them that they 've done the same . |
| 24 | And that 's the way around that little er Again it 's something that you 'll Does n't occur to you until it 's come upon you , you 've dealt with it and you 've realized it is a problem . |
| 25 | Even so , it set up a security precaution that had occurred to me when I 'd seen the cylinder . |
| 26 | It had n't occurred to her that she had a choice . |
| 27 | A day did n't pass now during which it failed to occur to her that she had borne two congenital liars . |