Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his address to the two houses of the Parliament he proclaimed : ‘ My reign does not date from 1815 ; it dates from the moment you informed me of the nation 's votes . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I feel it , when you tell me of the apparently acceptable behaviour amongst your contemporaries . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ From what you tell me of the EC grants , he 's too damned honest , ’ Jessica laughed . |
| 4 | You deprived me of the chance to be there for him , and for my mother , when he was dying , because there were n't any jobs going in radio in Johannesburg at the time , so I had to go to Durban . |
| 5 | She had such colour , such brightness , that sometimes she reminded me of the whirling mosaics , except that she was n't fragmented but unusually complete . |
| 6 | ‘ You deprive me of the start of my son 's life , of his babyhood , and you say you 're sorry ? ’ |
| 7 | They advised me of the best route to take home — and by the best they meant the most fun , not the quickest . |
| 8 | They reminded me of the passengers on board a hijacked plane , forced to fly to some destination they did n't want to go to , yet unable to get out of their seats to do something about it . |
| 9 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 10 | In fact , they remind me of the Prudential TV ads ( ‘ I want to be in goal ’ , ‘ I want to be … remembered ! ’ ) . |
| 11 | The scene before me reminded me of the very similar scenes in the Highland crofts , the only difference being the now almost overpowering smell of onions . |
| 12 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |
| 13 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 14 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 15 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 16 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 17 | He reminded me of the author in Godard 's A bout de souffle who said that his ambition was ‘ to become immortal — and then die ’ . |
| 18 | He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me . |
| 19 | He reminded me of the circumstances of the incident resulting in that conviction which er was in fact that erm had actually er fired a weapon at a person causing injury . |
| 20 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 21 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 22 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 23 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 24 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 25 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 26 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 27 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 28 | It 's also a colour of cold — and we have n't had much of a summer this year — but at the same time it reminds me of the warmth and tranquillity of a Claude Lorrain . |
| 29 | ‘ It reminds me of the worst period in German history when members of certain institutions are held collectively responsible for what we now know was a misguided security doctrine , ’ Gen Schwanitz said . |
| 30 | It 's a favourite because it reminds me of the most exciting part of political campaigning : the roadshow . |