Example sentences of "to remind him [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Your brother seems to have kept nothing to remind him of his wife . ’
2 From an early age , Sara had sensed that she irritated him , by her presence , by the fact that she was there to remind him of his wife 's earlier marriage .
3 Before long the sweater was finished and the various parts stitched together with her usual professional finish , ready to post off to Penry next day to make certain he had a keepsake to remind him of his castaway .
4 Some of its humour happened to remind him of his friend Mike Nichols , who had just begun making a career directing plays on Broadway with the hit Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park and Murray Schisgal 's Luv .
5 Thankfully , he found St Erconwald 's fairly deserted except for Watkin to whom he gave strict instructions about the custody of the church , and Ranulf the rat-catcher who had come to remind him of his promise that if a Guild of Rat-Catchers were founded , St Erconwald 's could be their chantry church .
6 If he hangs badly towards home or the other horses , he may need a kick or a smart smack with the whip to remind him of his job .
7 Spurred by a fleeting but unmistakable echo of Thetis 's music , interpolated in its original key as if to remind him of his mother 's counsel , and by the groaning shades of his dead countrymen , he sets forth to exact vengeance for the Trojan victory ( ex.10 ) .
8 ‘ Alas that a child of barely eleven summers must stand at the king 's elbow to remind him of his duty ! ’ lamented Elizabeth Woodville .
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