It is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.    From LearnThat.org.  [Winston Churchill, Source: A Churchill Reader, edited by Colin Coote]

Verb (used without object), : When did the accident occur? ,An idea occurred to me.    From Dictionary.com. 

The title occurred to him in the railway: 'The Haunted Hotel.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice] Reference

Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mistaken Wife] Reference

Ironically, the name of the city district where this occurred translates as 'the slaughter'. (ie: La Matanza, Argentina.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The NarcoSphere -] Reference

The change of the title occurred because of some negative feedback that had MBT's publishers desirous for an alternative handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: Winter Blog Blast Tour, Day Two: D.M. Cornish] Reference

Not a word occurred about the business of the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silverado Squatters] Reference

The name occurred to Ben on the spur of the moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Prescott's Charge] Reference

Precisely how many cases have occurred is not known.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whose Right to Die?] Reference

A break-in occurred at another building on the property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montgomery County crime report] Reference

The juncture at which the event occurred is significant.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

“Her account of what occurred is not correct,” said Bradshaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defense in FLDS rape case casts wide net] Reference

As the word occurred to me, I realised the enormity of my offence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tell England A Study in a Generation] Reference

Two of the calls occurred before Mr. Paulson's waivers were granted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

The woman told Haverstraw police the break-in occurred at 1: 50 a.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-11] Reference

In the instant when she read the initials, the name occurred to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Say No] Reference

Near the close of Governor Wise's term occurred the seizure of Harper's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia and Virginians] Reference

Edit. gives two couplets which have already occurred from the Bull Edit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

A change of title occurred in 1540, and it was then named the Company of.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History] Reference

Authorities said the break-in occurred early the morning of July 9, 2009.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prince George's police officer sentenced for larceny attempt] Reference

Etymology: The earliest recorded usage of the phrase occurred in 2004 in a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eater National] Reference

The season of the year when this occurred is determined by the event itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

The extent of duplication of effort or cost that may have occurred is unknown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

Nevertheless, it must be admitted that the development that has occurred is patchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Challenge of the West Indies] Reference

A day's rain occurred, and I began to think myself the most unfortunate boy on record.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mourner] Reference

A spike in mentions of her name occurred during the MTV Video Music Awards in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZDNet News - News Page One] Reference

He excused himself and in his speech occurred the Persian word “Barmakam,” which may mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

The assumption that this (a non-telic process) occurred is strictly a philosophical preference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assessing Causality] Reference

The air in reality, after condensation has occurred, is lower than before in temperature, but of less density.    From Wordnik.com.  [Census of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, For the Year 1861. Illustrated by Statistical Tables. Prepared under the Authority of the City Council by Frederick A. Ford] Reference

The only true fraud or deception that has occurred is therefore in your identification with the presumed author.    From Wordnik.com.  [French winemakers found guilty in pinot noir fraud | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference

The standard remedy once thrombosis has occurred is the drug warfarin, which, unlike statins, can promote bleeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Statin Crestor lowers risk of deep-vein clots without bleeding] Reference

And if such a covert rescue operation had occurred, is it possible that it could have been kept secret for 500 years?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell: Questions] Reference

And if some more probable derivation of the name occurred not, it might, not without reason, have had respect to this.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference

Aviation industry consultant Gerry Soejatman says the airline industry term for what occurred is an uncontained engine failure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qantas Grounds Airbus A380 Fleet After Engine Failure] Reference

The phone call occurred less than one hour after Mr. McClellan participated in a two-hour call with his client discussing Kronos.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEC Charges Deloitte Partner, Wife in Insider-Trading Case] Reference

At the time that the phone calls occurred a Kirby Salesperson was demonstrating a new model of the Kirby vacuum cleaner to my mother.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The designation occurred following months of covert surveillance of the individuals and their anti-war and anti-death penalty groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concurring Opinions] Reference

He has entirely forgotten everything that occurred from the time he entered Mr. Fleming's employment, until that gentleman left home.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Window at the White Cat] Reference