Example sentences of "strike me [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 No doubt his pack of men would have returned later to retrieve it , but it did strike me as a rather unsatisfactory way to spend a day in the hills .
2 Make no mistake , he 's the group ringleader and possibly a control-freak , but he does n't strike me as a dictatorial megalomaniac .
3 ‘ You do n't strike me as a religious man , ’ I said frankly .
4 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 'S earnest captain Tim Robinson does n't strike me as a student of W.C. Fields , but recent events at Trent Bridge suggest he may not be unacquainted with his philosophy .
5 In 1930 Nizan noted " I dislike the philosophy of oppressors because I feel that I have been the victim of oppression ; reconciliation with oppression does not strike me as a victory for freedom , but rather as a death sentence . "
6 Avoiding throngs of killers did strike me as a higher priority even than full filling my Mala-fantasies .
7 Anyway , you do n't strike me as the sort who 's ashamed of her body . ’
8 As I said , you do n't strike me as the sort of girl who hides her body from the public gaze , so I do n't know why you 're bothering to do so now . ’
9 ‘ You do n't strike me as the type who 'd be unduly overwhelmed by my so-called fame .
10 I seem to remember being told that the latest policy is to turn water cannon on the nurses ; that does not strike me as the most helpful approach .
11 ‘ Zoser does n't strike me as the sort of person who would have contacts . ’
12 No — he did n't strike me as the protective sort . ’
13 ‘ You did n't strike me as the kind of man who would put much stock in stereotypes . ’
14 Erm I I 'm speaking from recollection sir at having looked into this in the context of planning appeal which is now a little while ago , but it did strike me at the time that er there was a definite feeling that the agricultural issue was very strong protection of ag agricultural land throughout was a strong issue up to er the mid nineteen eighties and certainly was up to the time in late seventy nine early nineteen eighty and er therefore there was a feeling that Policy E three simply er was supplementary to those other policies .
15 If lightning did strike me in the same minute , it would be treated as a miracle .
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