Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] reminded him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half-way through the interview I reminded him of his claim , pulled out a sheet of paper on which I had written three true statements and three false ones , and putting it face down on the table , invited him to use the pendulum to indicate the correct answers . |
| 2 | On the lighter side it reminded him of Stamford and he wondered how Burden had got on . |
| 3 | Despite the much vaunted heating and ventilating system of the new police headquarters the windows of Wycliffe 's office were almost obscured by condensation and the air had a clammy warmth which reminded him of the tropical house at Kew . |
| 4 | In a desperate appeal to his son 's conscience he reminded him of all his own personal sacrifices for the furtherance of his son 's career . |
| 5 | There was a quiet wistfulness about her , a reticence , a grace which reminded him of one of Leonardo 's Madonnas . |
| 6 | There was a note in her voice which reminded him of his sisters , and he smiled to himself . |
| 7 | Hilary Robarts 's sultry handsomeness emphasized her own very different look , an old-fashioned , carefully tended but unselfconscious prettiness which reminded him of photographs of the late thirties . |