Примеры

a good idea occurred to me - мне пришла в голову хорошая мысль;
a thought has occurred to me, a thought has struck me, a thought has come into my mind, a thought has crossed my mind - мне пришла / взбрела в голову мысль;
an idea occurred to him - у него явилась мысль;
didn't it occur to you to close the window? - а вы не догадались /вам не пришло в голову/ закрыть окно?;
It did not occur to me to mention it. - Мне и в голову не приходило упоминать об этом.;
it has occurred to him - у него возникла мысль;
it never occurred to him, he never thought of it - ему невдомек;
it never seems to occur to him to say thanks - вероятно, ему никогда не приходит в голову сказать «спасибо»;
it occurred to him - ему пришло на ум;
it occurs to me that he is wrong - мне кажется, (что) он не прав;
New ideas occur to him in the act of writing. - Новые идеи приходят к нему, когда он пишет.;
such a thought would never occur to me /enter my head/ - такая мысль никогда бы не пришла мне в голову;
The thought occurred to me as I was watching the procession. - Эта мысль пришла мне в голову, когда я наблюдал за процессией.;
the thought of doing it never occurred to him, doing it never (even) crossed his mind - у него и в мыслях не было делать это;
to come /to occur, to happen/ together - происходить одновременно;
to occur to smb., to come / take into smb.'s head - взбрести на ум, взбрести в голову кому-л.;
to think (of), to hit (on), to take into one's head, to come to mind, to occur (to) - приходить в голову;