Example sentences of "occur to [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the secular mind looked to them a starved mind , desolate of passion because robbed of faith , and it never occurred to them to doubt that religion possesses and monopolises the spiritual life . |
| 2 | It never occurred to us to criticize these conditions , which we accepted as a part of Eton life , like the tailcoats and top hats we wore . |
| 3 | It did n't occur to you to let sleeping dogs lie , if you 'll forgive the cliché ? ’ |
| 4 | It had never occurred to her to get any sort of job . |
| 5 | I do n't know why it had occurred to her to make this observation . |
| 6 | 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 . |