Example sentences of "[verb] me of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 2 | They advised me of the best route to take home — and by the best they meant the most fun , not the quickest . |
| 3 | Some 36 years later I was invited to become Patron of Vliegclub Grimbergen , which honour I took very seriously and when my Belgian friends told me of the threatened closure of this , one of the busiest of Belgium 's general aviation airfields , I could see no obvious reason for closure , other than what only seemed to me to be political bias . |
| 4 | Ranu , a Sylheti woman in her late twenties , told me of the enveloping love and care a woman with her first or second child can receive in Bangladesh . |
| 5 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 6 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 7 | In fact , they remind me of the Prudential TV ads ( ‘ I want to be in goal ’ , ‘ I want to be … remembered ! ’ ) . |
| 8 | The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing . |
| 9 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 10 | ‘ Its note is a loud ringing and very peculiar sound , somewhat resembling the worlds Clink , clink , several times repeated , and strongly reminded me of the distant sound of the stroke on a blacksmith 's anvil , and hence the term ‘ arguta ’ appeared to me to be an appropriate specific appellation for this new species . ’ |
| 11 | My companion put it to me that an initiative must now be taken , and reminded me of the unrecorded conversation at the time of my appointment . |
| 12 | Recording this news reminded me of the valuable role played by Area Presidents in guiding their Area and representing the Areas at a variety of events and functions . |
| 13 | I had a mental picture of the conductor on the red London bus talking to Hammouda the village postman , of the English boy 's friends playing with Khadija 's grandson , especially Margaret , whose hair reminded me of the coloured feather duster Khadija 's grandson had pleaded for everytime he saw it in the market , thinking that it was a toy or a bird . |
| 14 | Now er reminded me of the next thing really I ought to have got on to . |
| 15 | That remi you 've C Cynthia saying that reminds me of the other thing that came out in feedback . |
| 16 | Mention of sport for all reminds me of the tremendous debt owed for the volunteers of our sport . |
| 17 | Some of the scenery between the city and the seaside reminds me of the industrial landscape around Mephistco Plant Number Three , but the light 's even duller . |
| 18 | The sound reminds me of the bass sound on all those expensively-produced American AOR albums — smooth , almost too clean , but live there 's an enormous amount of wallop available . ’ |
| 19 | The average Council Tax payer , the council tax ca n't be more than , around four percent erm which reminds me of the last miracle budget we had , ninety eighty nine I think it was , again a Labour budget which I think was three point nine per cent increase then and the lowest rate of increase for twenty years erm and the highest level of growth erm . |
| 20 | ‘ It reminds me of the worst period in German history when members of certain institutions are held collectively responsible for what we now know was a misguided security doctrine , ’ Gen Schwanitz said . |
| 21 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 22 | The College wrote to tell me of the embarrassing reply of my referee , and my supervisor got on to Bondi and refreshed his memory . |