Example sentences of "[noun] strike me " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 2 | If foxes have to be killed , then shooting strikes me as being as decent a method as any , and probably far better than most . |
| 3 | Tom 's words struck me as unthinking and insensitive ; Terry was so obviously unhappy about the whole thing . |
| 4 | That was what 'd taken my fancy when the plan struck me : I could just see them standing there , mouths opening and shutting , looking at me bringing home this strange new boyfriend , knowing that nice people are polite to their daughters ' boyfriends when they 're thrust in front of their noses but — how can you be polite , darling — or , well , be anything — to this one ? |
| 5 | Before reaching for a celebratory pack of full-fat peanuts , a question strikes me : perhaps my level is too low ? |
| 6 | A moment later Safi came down and Anderson simply said , ‘ Morituri te salutant ’ — those who are about to die salute you — which under the circumstances struck me as being extraordinarily cool . |
| 7 | The room struck me as chill . |
| 8 | A couple of points about the documentation strike me as being slightly unsatisfactory however . |
| 9 | WELLINGS 'S claim ( WCM Aug ) that Graeme Hick 's failures have put ‘ pressure ’ on his England team-mates strikes me as somewhat baffling . |
| 10 | Elsewhere , the transcription strikes me as being entirely successful . |
| 11 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 12 | Three things struck me most in comparing the UK market with my experiences before I arrived here from the Equifax Inc in Atlanta . |
| 13 | Noise/horror strikes me as a limited form of self-destruction , that can only yield diminishing returns . |
| 14 | But two features strike me as being particularly significant : cross-curricular themes and the planning of syllabuses from 5–16 . |
| 15 | Some of Mao 's pronouncements struck me as being much too simplistic and others as being much too complex . ’ |
| 16 | The excuse quoted by Mr Dick Palmer strikes me as being narrow-minded and insensitive , and to compare Manchester United and Arsenal football strips with the international logo for the Olympics is contemptible . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Carradine struck me somehow as unusual , even for the City . |
| 19 | Indeed all sections of the exhibition struck me as exciting and thought-provoking with the exception of the ceramics section which is mediocre . |
| 20 | Servette spy Pont said : ‘ Crusaders struck me as a team full of spirit and fight . |
| 21 | ‘ May God strike me dead if I tell a lie . ’ |
| 22 | Two reasons strike me for this . |
| 23 | In the event I ca n't say that each of these five composers convinced me that he was a natural for the medium , and the Mozartian connections struck me as sometimes effective , occasionally arch and in one case strained beyond breaking point . |
| 24 | So the novel strikes me , and at one time Dostoevsky thought so too . |
| 25 | A thought struck me . |
| 26 | Then a most exciting thought struck me . |
| 27 | " I 'm not doubting you , but the thought struck me that a gathering of this type might attract some unwarranted attention , and perhaps encourage unwanted visitors . " |
| 28 | I swerved nearly into the embankment at the side of the road as a thought struck me . |
| 29 | I was about to leave when a thought struck me . |
| 30 | After the fifth anchoring I was beginning to despair , when a thought struck me — I was forgetting the scope of the dinghy 's painter . |