someone is doing...
something being... someone doing...
bizarre, strange,
This
IN THAT / BECAUSE...
1
bizarre, strange,
This man 
IN THAT / BECAUSE...
2
(adj.)
a maniac, a preacher,
(noun)
This
3
REMINDS me   OF
is REMINISCENT   OF
SOUNDS  LIKE
SEEMS to be
We are UNDER THE IMPRESSION that
We GET THE FEELING that
It SEEMS that
It LOOKS AS IF
4
LOOKS
SOUNDS
FEELS
LOOKS
SOUNDS
LIKE
2b.First impressions