I started to my feet as the idea occurred to me.

But I did not watch him long, for a new idea had just occurred to me.

The idea of doing so occurred to me only the other day.

He was about to leave when an idea occurred to him at the last moment.

A fine idea had occurred to him while he was talking.

She sat up as if the idea had just occurred to her.

After a couple of minutes an idea occurred to her.

An idea occurred to her, a way to head off the problem.

Then an idea occurred to him, and he began to move again.

Since I've been sitting talking to you, however, rather important idea has occurred to me.