Example sentences of "that [verb] [pers pn] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the folds of the banner , lying thick and cold in the shelter below , that saved his life , but not his skull from the blow that deprived him of consciousness . |
| 2 | A hard , swift kiss that robbed her of thought entirely . |
| 3 | Then his head dipped towards her and he kissed her full on the lips , a harsh , plundering kiss that robbed her of breath and left her trembling beneath him . |
| 4 | Calpers , with $68 billion under management , is taking advice from American law firm Coubert Brothers after Daiwa Securities paid £320 million in damages to Japanese investors that accused it of tobashi . |
| 5 | ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’ |
| 6 | There 's summat about these lights that remind me of Annie — I du n no what it is . |
| 7 | Everything that reminds me of school makes me nervous . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There is something about the entire layout of Olympia 2 that reminds me of Milton Keynes : all these signposts leading nowhere . ’ |
| 9 | There is something about a fire that reminds me of holiness and truth . |
| 10 | Well that reminds me of Robert that picture . |
| 11 | There was a new smell in the air — the fresh scent of flowers , a hint of lemon , and a drowsy aroma that reminded him of honey . |
| 12 | There was a lilt that reminded him of Ella Fitzgerald . |
| 13 | He had a superior air of self-confidence that reminded her of portraits of eighteenth-century land owners striding their acres surrounded by dogs . |
| 14 | It already had a tatty , dusty look that reminded her of Mr Gerard on Lizard Street . |
| 15 | Salvatore may not be the world 's most handsome man , but it was the glint of ferocious determination in his eyes and the sweet smile he reserved for his team-mates in quieter moments that reminded me of Bri . |
| 16 | Not in his normal voice but in a low , throaty baritone that reminded me of Vincent price in The Haunted Palace — my dad 's favourite picture : ‘ Albert Roger Quigley , do you remember me ? ’ |
| 17 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 18 | But she had fierce , proud eyes , that reminded me of aunt Reed 's , and a hard , powerful voice . |