Whatever the reason, it simply never occurred to them that the weapon on the ground might have greater range than they did.

And second, they were just so together that it simply never occurred to me.

You could say they don't care but I think it's more that it simply never occurs to them to do otherwise.

But somehow, in the midst of everything else, it had simply never occurred to her.

The idea of such a venture had simply never occurred to him, he said.

It was hard to direct the memory; things simply occurred to him.

It had simply never occurred to him to link the two.

It had simply never occurred to anyone aboard that either party might have time for a social life, let alone an active one.

Monk had no reason to ask, it simply occurred to him.

It simply never occurred to me that hers might come from a different source than mine.