Suddenly, an idea flashed into his mind, something that might save him.
A sudden thought flashed into his mind and was out in words before he could stop it.
Still more decisions flash into a director's mind before he makes a decision to cut to a new angle.
I looked at him, and then of a sudden his name flashed back into my mind.
Easy to say but hard to do, for it suddenly flashed into my mind that I might be in the wrong room.
Those were the very words that flashed into my mind.
A dozen questions flashed into my mind, all beginning with "how."
It flashed into her mind that she wanted him to.
I sat down in the chair across from her and an image flashed into my mind.
The full horror of what had happened flashed into my mind.
