flash through somebody's mind
flash through somebody's head
flash through somebody's brain
go through somebody's mind
run through somebody's mind

It flashed through my head and I answered at once.

"I was praying at about 5 o'clock in the morning and this idea, it just flashed through my head," she said.

A thought flashed through Linda's head when she saw his open outstretched arms.

All of that flashed through her head in the time it took to look at Elayne and turn back to the men.

Sometimes during the ride to temple an image would flash through his head.

I didn't say what flashed through my head, but it was short and to the point.

Several answers flashed through his head, most of them offensive.

However hard he sought the void, images kept flashing through his head.

A shimmering face he could not make out flashed through his head.

As I spoke, a thought flashed through my head.