Example sentences of "occur to me that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |
| 4 | occurred to me that . |
| 5 | On our last night in Vorarlberg , watching nine-month-old Elisabeth crawling round the dining room and finding a welcome at every table , it occurred to me that , right from babyhood , children instinctively know whether they 're welcome . |
| 6 | It occurred to me that , only a generation before mine , automobiles had been fuelled by gasoline . |
| 7 | I see a man up on the hill , but when as the minutes pass he does not move it occurs to me that what I am looking at must be a stone . |
| 8 | It occurs to me that ‘ mail order coffin supply ’ might be a suitable avenue to explore . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It occurs to me that , before returning the animals to the land again , a trace could be put inside each animal . |
| 10 | It did n't occur to me that criticism coming from an American of American business might be acceptable , but from someone like me , was much much harder to take . |
| 11 | Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It has occurred to me that other staff within the Royal Bank may be in a similar position to myself , holding a small number of shares which would cost more than their worth to sell . |