Example sentences of "[noun] it never [verb] " in BNC.

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31 He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible .
32 He has the nonchalance of a guy it never occurs to he could get bust on the nose .
33 During the early 1970s , when the sort of thinking exemplified by Limits to Growth permeated official forecasts of imminent shortages of strategic commodities , the CIA toyed with the idea that ‘ The United States ’ near-monopoly position as a food exporter … could give [ it ] a measure of power it never had before . ’
34 West Indies had over eight hours to make 208 , but on that pitch it never looked easy .
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