Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When Molly joined him he would ask hopefully if she were feeling tired or , even perhaps more hopefully , as though it relieved him of all responsibility , if she had the curse . |
2 | Strange because it reminded him of other bedroom partings : sheets tangled , sweat cooling , confusion and self-reproach keeping glances at bay . |
3 | It reminded him of that moment years before when she had drawn and aimed the bow . |
4 | It reminded me of that episode in Rudyard Kipling 's Kim where the boy is confronted with a shattered pot and comes under pressure to reconstruct it in his mind as it once was . |
5 | It reminded me of those rooms they put guests in in horror movies — the sort where you know something horrible 's going to happen in the middle of the night . |
6 | Oddly , instead of reminding me of Bill , it reminded me of Old Red . |
7 | It reminded me of old Mr Grace in Are You Being Served ? |
8 | Above left The wallpaper frieze in the sitting room came from America and was fearfully expensive , but Angela could n't resist it because it reminded her of two pictures in her bedroom , of fruit and flowers painted on black velvet . |
9 | It reminded her of another time . |
10 | She enjoyed his obvious fascination with it and it reminded her of another suggestion she wanted to make to him . |
11 | And when the old chap approached Shirley outside London nightspot Tramp — of course — it reminded her of another line from that old song of hers : ‘ Hey big spender , spend a little time with me . ’ |