occur to one
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Maybe a great name will occur to one of you if you stop consciously thinking about it.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2019
We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then.
From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2012
Why should it "occur" to one and not the others?
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
It WAS a curious thing, said the private tutor; one of those grotesque and whimsical incidents which occur to one as one goes through life.
From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
It is obvious that when a block is divided and the parts are distributed in various hands, if any accident should occur to one part the whole block is jeopardised.
From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason
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