Example sentences of "reminded [pers pn] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 2 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 3 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 4 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 5 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 6 | He had impeccable manners that somehow always reminded you of an older , bygone age . |
| 7 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |