Example sentences of "[noun sg] reminded me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 2 | I had completely forgotten Karen until her squeal of laughter reminded me of the answer to Alison 's question . |
| 3 | The German mortar team reminded me of the Commando mortar team back in the orchard at Brigade H.Q when they were mortaring the German positions . |
| 4 | The competitiveness in the group reminded me of the casting board at drama school . |
| 5 | The proprietor reminded me of the man who used to travel round the Forest villages killing pigs . |
| 6 | The driver 's cab reminded me of the bridge ofa ship and , as in mid-ocean looking into infinity , I could almost make out the curve in the surface of the earth . |
| 7 | In its clarity and purity of form , the mosque reminded me of the best early Cistercian architecture — that brief and precious half-century before the original ascetic urge began to give way to the worldly frivolity of the Later Middle Ages , the period that produced the great Chapter House at Fountains and the original dark-stone nave at Rievaulx . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |