Example sentences of "occurred to [pers pn] [that] [pers pn] " 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 | It occurred to me that we might have been equally misinformed about other things the Germans did . |
| 3 | ‘ So it occurred to me that you , as my great-uncle 's ghillie , might even have known what his plans were for his ‘ specials ’ . |
| 4 | information about a particular piece , so , Simon and I sort of , we were talking kind of fairly casually about that , but erm , what we agreed to do is , this was about the time when we first got the equipment I think and it , it occurred to me that you , and I 've checked this now , that you can actually plug a cassette , you know , a Walkman type of player into either the microphone for the |
| 5 | It never occurred to me that you could be this spiteful . ’ |
| 6 | It occurred to me that you might plan it as one great central shed with bays let off it on each side . |
| 7 | It never occurred to me that you intended to apply for permanent custody . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In fact , I would have been due to cover tonight anyway , but it occurred to me that you might be worried . |
| 9 | ‘ It occurred to me that you might not have seen Madeira before , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ It just occurred to me that you might have preferred to shop in the Via Veneto . |
| 11 | ‘ It never occurred to me that you might be talking about a postponement . ’ |
| 12 | It occurred to me that he might well have heard me and decided not to answer . |
| 13 | It never occurred to me that he was protecting me . |
| 14 | I noted what the hon. Gentleman said in his biblical reference ; it occurred to me that he should be a little more careful when talking about St. Paul . |
| 15 | It never occurred to me that he might turn out even worse , a vain , spineless , ignorant lout with no interest in anything but clothes and television and pop music , who would be rotting in gaol at this very minute if his family had n't come to his rescue . |
| 16 | Never occurred to me that he was anything but Lynda . |
| 17 | It occurred to me that she knew you were a Gemini , and she was clearly thrilled about us getting together . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And it occurred to me that I neither knew how many the family owned nor how difficult mine would be to replace . |
| 20 | It never occurred to me that I might become a poet — partly because there were no books in the damp little prefab where we lived . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't get a regular game for Bath 's first team so it never occurred to me that I might be selected , ’ he revealed . |
| 22 | It was because I was subconsciously sure of them that it never occurred to me that I could be rejected . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 25 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 26 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It just occurred to me that I do n't how many children Mr and Mrs Thomas had , but the only one who 's remembered is Dylan . |
| 29 | As much of the sulphurous pungency of garlic is also eliminated through the skin , it occurred to me that it might succeed in gassing the squatters out ! |
| 30 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |