It SEEMS TO ME THAT/FEELS THOUGH things aren't going to get any better
It seems to me that things aren't going to get any better
It BOTHERS THAT/ BOTHERS ME he hasn't done his homework
It bothers me he hasn't done his homework
It APPEARS/ APPEARS ME that I have lost my glasses
It appears that I have lost my glasses
It SOUNDS/HEARS as if he played well in the match
It sounds as if he played well in the match
It LOOKS AS/LOOKS AS THOUGH we'll lose in Qatar
It looks as though we'll lose in Qatar
It's NOT THAT/DON'T THAT he's lazy, he's just slow.
It's not that he's lazy, he's just slow
It STRIKES ME TO/ STRIKES ME THAT he has not phoned yet
It strikes me that he has not phoned yet
