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 did not occur to one of them to ask her what she wanted.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
"How strange it is," he said, "that the simplest devices are the last that occur to one!"
From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry
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