OCCUR

to [phrasal verb] [+ object + that clause] - (of a thought or idea) to come into (someone's) mindThe thought occurred to me this morning that it's Natalie's birthday tomorrow and we haven't got her a present. [+ object + that clause]Just jot down anything that occurs to you.I don't believe he would do that - the thought would never occur to him. [T] It never even occurred to us that he hadn't been invited. [+ object + that clause]Does it never occur to you that I might like to be on my own occasionally? [+ object + that clause]It never occurred to his parents to ask where he'd been. [+ object + to infinitive]