Example sentences of "it occur to [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | It occurred to me such deceptive ‘ little angels ’ would not be above nicking the odd relic if they happened to come across it . |
2 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It occurred to me that , only a generation before mine , automobiles had been fuelled by gasoline . |
5 | The following day , while flogging up Beinn Tulaichean , it occurred to me this is a scheme capable of considerable development , and a National Munro Exchange could be set up — computerised of course . |
6 | It occurred to me this was not an ideal arrangement ; I had a funny , cold feeling in the middle of dinner that perhaps we had been wrong to delay matters until this last moment , where there could be no immediate follow-up , when I must leave him the next day . |
7 | It occurred to him that being on foot was probably an advantage ; a car drawing up on the gravel would be heard from the house . |
8 | Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | It occurs to me that ‘ mail order coffin supply ’ might be a suitable avenue to explore . ’ |
11 | ‘ It occurs to me that , before returning the animals to the land again , a trace could be put inside each animal . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | After you 'd been erm in daily discussions w with the management , when did it occur to you that things w just not gon na happen ? |
14 | Never once had it occurred to her that being a waitress might be hard . |