Example sentences of "[adv] occurred to me " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it merely occurred to me , actually I was sitting in the unemployment benefit office and I said to them er er at one of my interviews , |
| 2 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 3 | ‘ It suddenly occurred to me , ’ he says looking back , ‘ what if something serious happens there , or even a hint of something . |
| 4 | Then something suddenly occurred to me and I nearly cried with relief . |
| 5 | It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was driving on my way through beautiful scenery in Wales where I live and it suddenly occurred to me how this would all be altered in a nuclear war . |
| 8 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |
| 9 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 10 | Mm I had to go back it suddenly occurred to me I 've got the back door key but it might still have been bolted . |
| 11 | Another perhaps occurred to me . |
| 12 | It just occurred to me that this was the day I was not meant to see ’ |
| 13 | It just occurred to me that Tuesday would be another opportunity to talk to Julian , the guy who comes in and does the S U legal aid stuff . |
| 14 | ‘ Like I say , it just occurred to me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It just occurred to me you might like to … ’ ; |
| 16 | " It just occurred to me , " Graham said defensively . |
| 17 | It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final ! |
| 18 | ‘ It just occurred to me that you might have preferred to shop in the Via Veneto . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | mhm It just occurred to me that our Civil Service , in its higher reaches , is also notoriously recruited very largely from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at universities . |
| 21 | I do n't know if it ever occurred to me to regret my inability to have a child by Jean-Claude . |
| 22 | It later occurred to me that almost every one of the board members was of a different nationality . |
| 23 | It also occurred to me today that perhaps one of us in the Glasgow Office ought to be trained in First Aid . |
| 24 | ‘ That never really occurred to me . |
| 25 | ‘ Riding the fucking mushroom cloud ; never even occurred to me . ’ |
| 26 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 27 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Being as it was David 's mother , an older person , it never occurred to me to get mad or upset . |
| 30 | It never occurred to me that anyone who had been starving for years would feel an incredible , overwhelming urge to eat that was both physical and emotional . |