come to somebody's attention
come to somebody's notice

In 2007, the school came to the attention of the national media.

I'd come to the attention of the administration very early on.

Certainly he had not come to the attention of the American public in a big way.

He has not came to the attention of the media since then.

He first came to public attention in the early 1980s.

However, the story only comes to public attention several months later.

He turned to the man who had come to his attention before.

Actually, they said, his activities first came to attention last month.

He simply walked into a room, and people came to attention.

Of that number only a few percent come to public attention.