Example sentences of "the [noun sg] reminded him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drowning the typewriter reminded him of what he had done to the remains of Ivor Newley . |
| 2 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 3 | As we tunnelled our way through the steep rhododendron-canopied paths at Aros , Alistair said the rain , the humidity and the terrain reminded him of his ‘ spell in Assam during the War . |
| 4 | He said that looking out from the platform towards the town reminded him of the late President Kennedy looking out over the Berlin Wall . |
| 5 | The colour reminded him of the paintings of hell by the mediaeval painter , Ferdinand Breughel . |
| 6 | The concavity beneath the hip-bone reminded him of a little valley high in the hills of Tuscany or Sicily , bare , smooth and satisfying . |
| 7 | Perhaps after all it was nothing more than that the man reminded him of someone from the old days , and it was not unknown for people from the palace compound to slum in the harbour quarter now and then . |
| 8 | For some reason the hand reminded him of Mrs Wright , though her hands were n't white . |
| 9 | Even the table reminded him of Arabella : it was one of the expensive bargains which she enjoyed finding at country auctions . |