Example sentences of "remind me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | This man , who was soon joined by three friends , reminded me of the woozily friendly Galway people I had known in Brighton in the late sixties and early seventies . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | He reminded me of the author in Godard 's A bout de souffle who said that his ambition was ‘ to become immortal — and then die ’ . |
| 34 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 35 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 36 | I had completely forgotten Karen until her squeal of laughter reminded me of the answer to Alison 's question . |
| 37 | This reminded me of the story of how Dame Janet allegedly tried to relocate the ducks which meet and mate annually on the landscaped patch in front of the Commons and atop its underground carpark . |
| 38 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 39 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 40 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 41 | It also reminded me of the importance of Popper 's definition of scientific statements as those that are , in principle , not confirmable , but refutable ( see Popper , 1963 , Chapter 1 ) . |
| 42 | They reminded me of the passengers on board a hijacked plane , forced to fly to some destination they did n't want to go to , yet unable to get out of their seats to do something about it . |
| 43 | As we drank our wine , Pumblechook reminded me of the happy times he and I had spent together during my childhood . |
| 44 | She had such colour , such brightness , that sometimes she reminded me of the whirling mosaics , except that she was n't fragmented but unusually complete . |
| 45 | There is a colour guide to Smiths ( Willie Anderson 's idea ) which reminded me of the Louvre , although it is more simple , and there are lifts to all floors . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The competitiveness in the group reminded me of the casting board at drama school . |
| 48 | I walked through the big , wide classroom door , and into the hall which always reminded me of the giant 's room in ‘ Jack and the Beanstalk ’ . |
| 49 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 50 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 51 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 52 | It all reminded me of the warmth and life at home and it was easy . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Now er reminded me of the next thing really I ought to have got on to . |
| 55 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 56 | He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me . |
| 57 | He reminded me of the circumstances of the incident resulting in that conviction which er was in fact that erm had actually er fired a weapon at a person causing injury . |
| 58 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 59 | It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain . |
| 60 | Looking at that picture reminds me of the photos of me and Marie — you know , them we took in that photo booth . |