Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] occurred to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly it occurred to Willie that the church would soon be filled with people . |
| 2 | Suddenly it occurred to me to wonder if this was her real reason for refusing to discuss Red Leland . |
| 3 | Suddenly it occurred to him that his mother might still be in her bed at Number 29 , waiting for the undertaker . |
| 4 | Suddenly it occurred to Alexei that in the event that he failed to return from the embassy the question of solemnising the marriage would not arise , and he wondered again how far he could trust Burun . |
| 5 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 6 | I am Mrs who 's sort of the secretary and books , does the booking for the hall , he could n't get that , anyway it occurred to me afterwards it must of been the grandmother of that girl that bought the erm , cos he kept on talking a Michelle and that 's the girl that bought our suite and I reckon it 's her child 's birthday party , she said erm you know my , you know my son-in-law , I said do I ? |
| 7 | Later it occurred to him that it was lucky he had Moreau to vouch for him , otherwise his transparent interest in the fräulein might have made him suspect . |
| 8 | Now it occurred to Alexei to wonder why no one had remarked on the phenomenon before now . |
| 9 | ‘ But you did n't even consult me , ’ said Ken reproachfully when presently it occurred to him to ask what she 'd called the baby , and Wendy told him . |
| 10 | But then it occurred to Mungo that Mr Zamoyski 's position was not unlike his own . |
| 11 | Then it occurred to me who Shinko was — his prostitute friend , with whom he conjured Harold Robbins 's positions . |
| 12 | But then it occurred to me that Auden 's self-perception could have sprung partially from the necessity to conceal his homosexuality from his public . |
| 13 | Jaq had n't told either of his companions exactly what he intended to do , and just then it occurred to him how Googol might resent the deaths of fellow Navigators caught on this world when the flesh-eater came . |
| 14 | And then it occurred to Cardiff : ‘ Oh Christ . |
| 15 | But then it occurred to him that perhaps the joke was Nicola 's and not Blufton 's at all , some invention to impress her boss and ensure her succession to Jane Pargeter 's job . |
| 16 | Then it occurred to him that there was no longer any reason to hide what had happened in the past ; he had nothing left to lose . |
| 17 | Then it occurred to her that this new plan would require two letters — this first and an explanatory note to Edwin , which was tiresome . |
| 18 | And then it occurred to Cathy that although the old man was lying exactly as she had seen him , something had changed . |
| 19 | Yet it occurred to her now , as she lay quietly on her pillows , listening to the fire crackling in the winter chimney and her father peacefully snoring beside it , that such a time may never come . |
| 20 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 21 | Briefly it occurred to Kelly that it would be sensible to lie . |
| 22 | Recently it occurred to my mother and me that it would be foolish to go riding alone without any sort of personal insurance for the rider . |