Example sentences of "have [adv] occurred to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confident in our own superiority over the rest of the animal kingdom , it has rarely occurred to us to question how other creatures perceive the world . |
| 2 | A ridiculous thought has just occurred to him . |
| 3 | It has n't occurred to them that some people might actually have to survive on any money they 're given . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps this link has n't occurred to you , and perhaps when you consider it , it 'll make sense to you . |
| 5 | No doubt your gran often gave your mum the benefit of her advice but it probably never occurred to her , as it has n't occurred to you , that your mother longs for love , company and sex . |
| 6 | I 'm surprised that the idea has n't occurred to either of you . ’ |
| 7 | And while it has doubtless occurred to the company 's editors that such a policy goes some way to covering their asses in the event of attack by ‘ patriotic ’ critics , the benefit to the viewer is no less valuable for that . |
| 8 | These inspectors may require any person who may be able to give any information concerning whether a contravention has actually occurred to : |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't like to say that such an idea has never occurred to him , but , if it has , I suspect he is having second thoughts . |
| 10 | He looked from one to another of those gathered around them — the thought having suddenly occurred to him . |
| 11 | So our problem is understanding why it should have ever occurred to God that we needed redeeming , saving , restoring , in such a radical way . |
| 12 | It had suddenly occurred to him that he might have underestimated Gazzer : he remembered that unexpected defiance , last night , on the Wheel . |
| 13 | It had suddenly occurred to her that he probably had a family , a wife . |
| 14 | But what had suddenly occurred to her was that , with her having a day off tomorrow , if the tissue-typing results came she would n't be able to ring Mrs Hazell , as she 'd promised . |
| 15 | Because it had suddenly occurred to her that Guy Sterne was bothering to justify himself like this only because his relationship with Nicola Schreider was threatened if he did n't . |
| 16 | Several titles had already occurred to him : ‘ American Hero Gone Wrong ’ , ‘ The Flawed Hero ’ , perhaps ‘ Carrying Patriotism Too Far ’ . |
| 17 | That possibility had already occurred to me . |
| 18 | That had already occurred to me . |
| 19 | This point had already occurred to Loretta , who was doing some rapid calculations . |
| 20 | It had not occurred to us that this ranging survey of the idioms of English and incidentally French verse had been no more than a ‘ prologue ’ — and to what , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 21 | The idea of touching people in the crowd or letting people in the crowd touch him was something that had not occurred to him , but to be beautiful and that remote — you 've got to get a crowd to touch him because that was what really got them wild . |
| 22 | ‘ Why , Wilson , ’ Mrs Browning said , opening her eyes wide , ‘ it had not occurred to me , nor I am sure to my husband , to think Ferdinando might not go with us . |
| 23 | Dr Sasaki had not looked outside the hospital all day ; the scene inside was so terrible and so compelling that it had not occurred to him to ask any questions about what had happened beyond the windows and doors . |
| 24 | ‘ That is an aspect that had not occurred to me , ’ Briant said , and the angry color that had blotched his narrow cheeks receded . |
| 25 | It had not occurred to Nutty how accustomed they had become to the steamy swimming baths and the seventy-five degree water . |
| 26 | It had not occurred to her that the snooping might have been on a more professional level . |
| 27 | The surprised way he had looked at her when she said it suggested that it had not occurred to him before . |
| 28 | It had not occurred to her that my parents simply could not afford the dry-cleaning bills . |
| 29 | It had not occurred to me that alternative arrangements could or would have been made , but , the more I thought about it , the more leaving the school seemed like the most sensible thing to do . |
| 30 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |