Example sentences of "[adv] occurred to " 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 | Two blocks away from the house of her childhood it suddenly occurred to her that her mother might have left , that there might be strangers in the hallway , a different set of curtains hanging at the windows ; her father 's study might have been turned into a playroom for a new generation of North Oxford children , so different from herself in her prim Clark 's T-bar sandals that she would not be able to recognise her own infancy in theirs . |
| 4 | ‘ It suddenly occurred to me , ’ he says looking back , ‘ what if something serious happens there , or even a hint of something . |
| 5 | Then something suddenly occurred to me and I nearly cried with relief . |
| 6 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
| 7 | Then it suddenly occurred to one of the party that these must be the first set of revolving doors Hannah had ever encountered , so he leaned forward and set them moving . |
| 8 | If you think books do n't change people , just look at Changez , because undreamed-of possibilities in the sex line suddenly occurred to him , a man recently married and completely celibate who saw Britain as we saw Sweden : as the goldmine of sexual opportunity . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It suddenly occurred to Hazel that these desperate interruptions seemed to follow any question beginning " Where ? " |
| 13 | It suddenly occurred to Cissie that Beth had never spoken about her own parents . |
| 14 | A thought suddenly occurred to him . |
| 15 | She frowned at Beth when an awful thought suddenly occurred to her . |
| 16 | They had almost passed the Royale , when a thought suddenly occurred to Benny , and she stamped the driver 's foot to the brake pedal . |
| 17 | It suddenly occurred to her that total disregard of her escapade was a very subtle punishment indeed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There was a little parapet going round the arcade and it suddenly occurred to Owen that it might provide a vantage-point from which he could more pleasantly monitor proceedings . |
| 20 | 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 . " |
| 21 | Then a thought suddenly occurred to her . |
| 22 | It suddenly occurred to her they could already be married . |
| 23 | A thought suddenly occurred to her . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she exclaimed open-mouthed , and as something else suddenly occurred to her , ‘ You wretch ! ’ she berated him lovingly . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Another perhaps occurred to me . |
| 27 | It no longer occurred to Folly to doubt that Luke was telling the truth — and she knew that she was concentrating on his explanation simply as a shield against the other questions that hovered only a breath away . |
| 28 | It just occurred to me that this was the day I was not meant to see ’ |
| 29 | Well it 's not an immediate problem , it just occurred to it 'd be nice to have you know I 've I 'm writing a list of the recordings as they come in and where they 've come from . |
| 30 | 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 . |