I was about to say yes when a thought suddenly struck me.
The thought suddenly struck him that perhaps he was wrong.
Now it suddenly struck her: he would be gone soon.
"I just watched him for a while and then it suddenly struck me."
It suddenly struck him that the camera was the reason.
She was suddenly struck with a fear that it would never leave them.
"It just suddenly struck me that I was going to die."
It suddenly struck him, with wonder and a little fear, what the woman had done.
The thought suddenly struck her that as Steve's wife, she could no longer give evidence against him.
And the best place to do that, it suddenly struck her, was London.