Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sweeper 's story reminded me of a tale told at Ross Carbery , County Cork . |
| 2 | I , in my turn , was surprised to find how much I was looking forward to a day on my own , and mildly surprised at my mother 's willingness to leave me to it . |
| 3 | Michael 's parable reminded me of Jules Verne 's Albatross , a flying machine with seventy-six propellers , which was supposed to be modelled on the flight of a bird . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Another half-hour 's walking brought me to Cow Dub where a stream thunders down from a lip of flowstone , crashing through a narrow tubular cavern to scour out a perfectly formed round pool below . |
| 6 | Lily 's father presented me with an old pistol he had . |
| 7 | My master , preoccupied with Hopkins 's riddle drew me into discussion about its meaning , only to reach the conclusion it would tell us nothing until we had reached Glastonbury or Templecombe . |
| 8 | My need of M. Chaillot 's advice put me in a weak position . |
| 9 | Reading Terkel 's book reminds me of driving from Washington DC to San Francisco . |
| 10 | Philip 's hand catches me round the waist . |
| 11 | In fact , Andrew 's tone reminds me at times of Marc Bolan , particularly when he 's playing the percussive , rhythmic section across bars 4 and 5 . |
| 12 | Stuart Downing , editor of the club 's fanzine Fly Me To The Moon , was at Filbert Street , and said : ‘ It was his first goal and it was natural he wanted to celebrate . |
| 13 | I did n't give this observation a lot of thought until my father 's death left me with no one else to whom I could turn . |
| 14 | She said , come along hold my hand as well and er , I 'll tell my son tha that , that er Mr 's son took me to the door . |
| 15 | Contrasting considerably from the Spartan angularity of Siobhan 's bungalow , Kim 's house reminds me of American homes I have seen , lavish with plum and antiques to imitate English country homes . |
| 16 | From the right-hand page Vron 's face stared me in the eye . |
| 17 | Janina 's family took me to Switzerland for a holiday . |
| 18 | But Szasz 's observation struck me with the force of revelation . |