Example sentences of "first thing [that] strike " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing that strikes you about Jonty Rhodes is his effervescence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The first thing that strikes you about this program is Top Level 's evident desire to make it as friendly as possible . |
| 4 | The first thing that strikes you about Arabian Fight is the stunning graphics . |
| 5 | It could be asked what is disappointing about Harlow , and I suppose that the first thing that strikes one is the design fault so far is the road work , the road network is concerned and er , and the inadequacy of the road , for roads for modern traffic . |
| 6 | Perhaps the first thing that strikes us as we come to the Old Testament is the tremendous emphasis on the Spirit of God as a violent , invading force . |
| 7 | Probably the first thing that strikes you is the layout of the screen — there are dotted lines indicating the text 's margins , and as you type your purple prose , you notice that every space is marked by a little spot . |
| 8 | The first thing that struck the other dons who lived in the Castle was his oddness . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
| 12 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 13 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 14 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 15 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 16 | 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 . |