Example sentences of "it [adv] occur [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 2 | Lastly , again does it not occur to us that niggardly education provision over years has contributed to a level of national vulgarity , taste , social behaviour virtually unacceptable in the modern world ? |
| 3 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 4 | ‘ But did it not occur to that massive conceit of yours that I might not want to make love to you ? ’ |
| 5 | If it occurred to Ruth — and how could it possibly occur to Mrs Peterson — that there might be a good reason for this , she dismissed it from her mind at once . |
| 6 | ‘ Did it ever occur to you that everything in this world has had to be designed ? ’ asks Sir Terence Conran , pausing for the significance of his question to sink in . |
| 7 | Does it ever occur to these orchestra-first people that , whereas in the theatre , though you may hear more of the orchestra than of the singers , nevertheless your attention is focused visually on the stage , while on disc you need the stage brought into the aural foreground to compensate for the loss of the visual facility ? |
| 8 | ‘ Did it ever occur to you that he did n't murder that other apprentice — that he only said he did , to frighten you ? ’ |
| 9 | If you did n't think of mentioning this caller to your wife , did n't it even occur to you to mention it to us when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 10 | Does it never occur to us that our lone position in this respect , over long years , may be the common factor in the long story of our economic decline ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did it never occur to you to knock before you came barging in ? ’ she demanded . |