Example sentences of "[adv] occur [prep] 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 | Because it suddenly occurs to me that I might have been left alone to get on with this assignment if my divisional head had n't beamed in on my activities and seen something she did n't like in my relationship with Rainbow . |
| 13 | It suddenly occurs to me that it might be pure insanity to take this loan . |
| 14 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 15 | It just occurred to me that this was the day I was not meant to see ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Like I say , it just occurred to me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It just occurred to me you might like to … ’ ; |
| 19 | " It just occurred to me , " Graham said defensively . |
| 20 | It just occurred to me that not everyone got a chance to see the FA Youth Cup Final ! |
| 21 | ‘ It just occurred to me that you might have preferred to shop in the Via Veneto . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It just occurs to me as I write that Chavasse in this matter is probably the unwilling mouthpiece of the Select Vestry : I daresay even that monstrous regiment of women , incarnated in Lily Ewart , is really at the bottom of it . |
| 25 | No , if I may aye , I er , something 's just occurred to me and we are looking |
| 26 | It 's only just occurred to me erm , somebody mentioned that new members of staff , and the support staff ever since , but it need n't necessarily be arrive . |
| 27 | Danny it 's just occurred to me because we 're tape recording we 'd better just stop print just at the moment , we 'll just leave that off line we can do it later . |
| 28 | ’ . I listened , looking vague I expect , but did nothing — not from ill-will but because it just did not occur to me to change . |
| 29 | It did not occur to me . |
| 30 | I had not realised — it did not occur to me … ’ |