He didn't really comprehend the remark, but there were other claims upon his attention.
But the conversation impinged upon his attention, because of its subject.
It was there to give it a second life - a wild additional claim upon our attention.
It is understood that there are many demands upon your attention.
But surely a gentleman such as yourself-I mean, you must have many more important demands upon your attention.
But when he got to the car, the impossibility of the straight line forced itself upon his attention.
Do not fear that I mean to thrust certain principles upon your attention.
Now for the first time the blessed fact that he was no longer fighting nor even standing thrust itself upon his attention.
He claimed that everything in the world is absolutely dependent upon God's direct attention.
I have now merely to apologize for trespassing so long upon your attention.