Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] of an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos . |
| 2 | After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester . |
| 3 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 4 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 5 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 6 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 7 | He had impeccable manners that somehow always reminded you of an older , bygone age . |
| 8 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |