Example sentences of "[noun pl] remind him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started . |
| 2 | The black mouths of the peat haggs reminded him of stories about ghosts and murders . |
| 3 | The farmer whose land they had been riding on had looked up his old racing programmes and had found the Newbury card listing the horse he said Bones reminded him of . |
| 4 | Scattered around him were complete skeletons reminding him of when his country was able to produce crops and feed animals . |
| 5 | Feeling depressed one day he decided to explore a few of the corridors in Nightside and plant his packet of seeds to remind him of home . |
| 6 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |
| 7 | Chekhov was Dad 's favourite all-time writer , and he always said Chekhov 's plays and stories reminded him of India . |
| 8 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |
| 9 | For no reason he could think of the rooms reminded him of a deserted stage set when the play has ended its run and the actors have gone . |
| 10 | During his spin around Phoenix , the ambassador remarked that the climate and surroundings reminded him of home . |
| 11 | He loved the way she looked , with her glossy chestnut hair which reached below her waist when she let it loose , and her tinkle of necklaces and trails of silk scarves , and her neat slender legs in their high-heeled shoes , reminding him of gazelles ' legs or gazelles reminded him of her , he supposed , since he must have seen her first . |
| 12 | It 's pointed teeth remind him of some giant cheese grater with a mind of it 's own , face smiling ready to strike . |
| 13 | For weeks now Afshr 's office had been chaotic , besieged every day by rich men and rich women reminding him of past favours , promising him future ones . |
| 14 | Then , just before the accident , he had met a girl whose looks reminded him of Diana . |
| 15 | It was cold , silent in the room , the scent of the candles reminding him of the tomb beneath the earth at Tongjiang . |