Example sentences of "struck me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the suggestion of a flight along the whole coastline of South Devon and Cornwall , stopping perhaps for a cream tea at Land 's End , and back up along North Cornwall , Devon and Somerset was made , it struck me as a perfect combination of scenic beauty and very little flight planning . |
| 2 | Struck me as a dull lot by and large . |
| 3 | She always struck me as a ginger nut sort of person . |
| 4 | Struck me as a dangerous thing for him to be doing . |
| 5 | It struck me as a trivial , but irritating error ; the dust-pan would have been conspicuous not only from the five ground-floor doorways opening on to the hall , but also from the staircase and the first-floor balconies . |
| 6 | Alternatively you might like to wait to see the proposal first as she is a most serious person who struck me as a likely author . |
| 7 | It struck me as a sensible arrangement , but my mother was horrified . |
| 8 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 9 | It has become a cliche to say that Prague is the most beautiful city in Europe , but that fact still struck me as a stunning truth on this , my first visit there . |
| 10 | The Bogyoke had lunch with Lord Wavell who recognised him as ‘ a strong character ’ but also warned Pethick-Lawrence that their negotiations would be difficult : ‘ He struck me as a suspicious , ignorant but determined little tough . ’ |
| 11 | His speech struck me as the feeblest of the day . |
| 12 | Struck me as an able lad indeed . ’ |
| 13 | It struck me as an intelligent and fair system which had the merit of being open and above-board and easily comprehensible . |
| 14 | The romance of the French Foreign Legion struck me in the same way , and especially the exhibits from Kolwezi and Chad , where there were photographs of camouflaged paras with shaved heads and sunglasses helping starving babies . |
| 15 | Lindsay Kemp : ‘ David Bowie struck me from the very beginning as being very versatile and very ‘ up-front ’ and not in the least bit naîve . |