I keep asking myself why you're here, but that question never seems to occur to you.
Except was A new thought seemed to occur to him.
This seems to occur about two feet above the floor.
It never seemed to occur to him that girls do not always tell the truth.
It didn't seem to occur to her that she might help.
For the most part, the election seemed to occur without major problems.
But such an idea did not seem to occur to him.
Over the last three years, that never seemed to occur to him.
The notion of having the conference first doesn't seem to occur to people.
That idea hadn't seemed to occur to either of them.