Collocations for familiar - adj.

be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound
The place felt faintly familiar to me.

become
make sth

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
awfully
His face looked awfully familiar.

entirely
increasingly
faintly, reasonably, vaguely
enough
The report's conclusions were already familiar enough to the government.

already
immediately, instantly
His face was instantly familiar, even after all those years.

somehow
a name that was somehow familiar

curiously, eerily, oddly, strangely
Her face looked strangely familiar.

comfortingly
The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and comfortingly familiar.

all too, depressingly, hauntingly (esp. AmE), horribly (esp. BrE), painfully, sickeningly
a situation which has become all too familiar to most teachers

to
The name sounded vaguely familiar to her.

be, seem
become, get, grow
I was now getting much more familiar with the local area.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
intimately
completely, fully, thoroughly
You will need to be thoroughly familiar with our procedures.

overly
I'm not overly familiar with these issues.

increasingly
reasonably
remotely
Anyone even remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer plays a significant role in its culture.

already

Familiar is used with these nouns:
ache, complaint, dilemma, example, face, feeling, figure, ground, image, landmark, melody, name, object, odour, pang, pattern, phrase, refrain, routine, scenario, scene, scent, sensation, shape, sight, smell, sound, story, surroundings, tale, terrain, territory, theme, tune, turf, voice