1.   A dreadful thought struck Jean, and she stopped in her tracks, right in the middle of the pavement.

2.   A sudden thought struck her and she began to laugh.

3.   A thought struck me, bringing fear with it.

4.   Just as Howard is scraping the last spoonful of apple crumble out of the bowl, a thought strikes him.

5.   The chilling thought struck Sabine to the bone.

6.   To be honest, the same thought had struck me.

7.   A thought struck her.

8.   Was she jealous of her mother, then?

9.   A thought struck her, and she leapt up to peer into the mirror over the mantelpiece.

10.   The thought never struck me during the game, though a few did start shouting for him.