Example sentences of "the first [noun] that [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 2 | The first thing that struck me about Dana 's poems was his incredibly tiny script , an almost minuscule handwriting that was often difficult to decipher . |
| 3 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 4 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
| 5 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 6 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 7 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 8 | The first thing that struck me on listening to the new debut album by Sam Brown was her voice ; no syrupy coyness here , just a warm direct immediacy which is absolutely winning . |
| 9 | Because the thing had changed so ma , so dramatically from when I was across there , that was the first thing that stopped me . |