Example sentences of "[subord] it have never [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had suspected as much , though it had never occurred to her that Greg 's death had been anything but an accident . |
| 2 | Having made sure from Miss Miggs that she would n't mind if the mistletoe in her apple-tree were sold , especially as it had never occurred to her that she could sell it , three excited Brownies hurried away from Sundial Cottage and did n't pause until they reached Anne 's father 's greengrocery shop . |
| 3 | Once her mother , talking of Christmas , had said that as a child she had herself received no presents , as it had never occurred to anyone to buy such things — but that one year her elder brother , thinking to tease her , had hung at the end of her bed a stocking , and that when , excited , she had sprung to open it , she found it contained ashes from last night 's grate . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , for it had never occurred to me not to . |
| 5 | And help was forthcoming , for there was a whole row of somehow familiar books , and the name on the back , she could just decipher it , was Candida something , why yes , of course , Candida Gray , she saw it with a flash of inspiration , for it had never occurred to her to look for a surname other than the one that she already knew . |