Example sentences of "make [pron] think of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 2 | It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert . |
| 3 | It had two wings , one of which made me think of a church . |
| 4 | She always wore a flowered cotton overall and her thin gingery hair framed a face that made me think of a martyr in search of grace . |
| 5 | E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor |
| 6 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 7 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 8 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 9 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 10 | What made you think of a tender thing to say ? |
| 11 | It was the kind of sound that made you think of the noise lambs probably make when they can smell the mint being brought in from the garden . |
| 12 | All show an understanding of space but also a negation of it , and the exquisite colours and naturalistic detail make one think of the Italian Duccio . |
| 13 | This does at least make him think of the kinds of life to be found in the sea . |
| 14 | He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight . |
| 15 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 16 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 17 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 18 | She was , however , immensely enthusiastic and encouraging , trying to make me think of the enterprise as a holiday as well as a mission with a sad and serious purpose . |
| 19 | This time of the building of the gardens of our minds makes me think of the Pacific Ocean where insects spin the sunlight and the salt water , and weave them into the most beautiful oases of the sea . |
| 20 | Er with reference to the great pestilence er makes me think of the original great pestilence , the Black Death and of course er contaminated individuals be put in a pest house far away from places of habitation but they can contaminate others which one ca n't help thinking that it would be quite a good policy has commissioned . |
| 21 | ‘ Its quiet position makes you think of the country . |
| 22 | Gombrich makes him think of the readiness with which the eye recognizes the features of the human face . |