Example sentences of "and it [verb] [adv] occur " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask what a vinyl group is though , and they may not know , because although students know the polymer as PVC , they actually call it polychloroethene , and it does n't occur to many of them that there must be something called vinyl chloride . |
| 2 | For you sit here , thousands of miles away from Palestine , a land which most of you will never see , and yet which you will certainly pay for-with your money , yes , and some of you with your blood and sweat — you sit here and you listen to me as I tell you about this impossible , this ridiculous dream , and it does n't occur to you that we are all mad , you and I and all our people ? ’ |
| 3 | I had never heard of otter hunting and it did n't occur to me that there might be such a sport . |
| 4 | I found out next morning that his boat was in Halfway House , but when I first saw him I had no idea he was a Moila man , and it did n't occur to me that he would know the mooring there . |
| 5 | ‘ The rest of the field could n't compete , and it did n't occur to us that MacQuillan was utterly cynical and making pledges he meant to disregard , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He 'd come round and it had been so nice , and we seemed to be so comfortable with each other , not just in bed you know , and it did n't occur to me we would n't do things together and see each other . |
| 7 | ‘ And it did n't occur to you that I might have been referring to you ? ’ |
| 8 | Jim and Jonathan had been away , picketing and pamphleteering in Reading , had simply been not available , and Jo 's squat had been suddenly repossessed and it did not occur to any of the women that the boys would mind . |
| 9 | Neither of them possessed a credit card , and it did not occur to them to offer a cheque . |
| 10 | Most of them were noticeably short even on usual offices , and it did not occur even to the agents to describe them as imposing or delightful . |