Example sentences of "reminded [pron] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony thought a Wolfhound would be great — and Christopher reminded me of his longing for an Old English Sheepdog . |
| 2 | Discharging the jury after a plea from defence lawyers , judge Verney reminded them of his earlier warning . |
| 3 | A pretty girl in a white coat came out to him and he reminded her of his appointment . |
| 4 | He reminded her of his father , who had suffered from a lung disease . |
| 5 | In keeping with this traditional matter went another , equally traditional : ‘ Spare the rod and spoil the child , ’ though in Leonard 's case it was not ‘ the rod ’ but the dog-lead that reminded him of his responsibilities , accurately wielded by his mother . |
| 6 | As we tunnelled our way through the steep rhododendron-canopied paths at Aros , Alistair said the rain , the humidity and the terrain reminded him of his ‘ spell in Assam during the War . |
| 7 | They reminded him of his puzzles . |
| 8 | He reminded him of his brother Joseph , who had emigrated to Canada . |
| 9 | Half-way through the interview I reminded him of his claim , pulled out a sheet of paper on which I had written three true statements and three false ones , and putting it face down on the table , invited him to use the pendulum to indicate the correct answers . |
| 10 | Masklin quite enjoyed it ; it reminded him of his days as an Outsider , before they found the Store . |
| 11 | Aline said , ‘ Maybe you reminded him of his long-lost youth . ’ |
| 12 | At 11.30 a.m. his fellow director summoned him , and reminded him of his resignation . |
| 13 | ‘ Michel said I reminded him of his audience at the time when he made speeches . |
| 14 | When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty . |
| 15 | It reminded him of his own inadequacy ; it made Arabella 's betrayal all the worse ; it had given Newley the courage to think of divorcing Georgina . |
| 16 | There was a note in her voice which reminded him of his sisters , and he smiled to himself . |
| 17 | Away to his right the lighthouse stood on its rocky island like a picture in a story book and it all reminded him of his first holiday by the sea at the age of seven . |
| 18 | One hour later , after a breakfast that reminded him of his French experience in its meagreness , and made worse by the perpetual drone of Mr Multhrop 's stream of nervous apologies to each new arrival , he was ready to greet Auguste and his flock . |
| 19 | It reminded him of his boyhood reading . |
| 20 | The sight of an open pub told him how much time had passed and also reminded him of his normal comfort in moments of stress . |
| 21 | It now reminded him of his first visit to DEEP . |
| 22 | Now she reminded him of his mother ! |
| 23 | Ronald Reagan 's Oxford visit reminded him of his college days . |
| 24 | Most of the Habsburg successor states , as the Czech historian Zbynek Zeman reminded us in his vivid modern history of the region ( Pursued By A Bear : Chatto ) , were invented to serve the interests of the Western allies after the first world war , as a hedge against German expansion eastwards and a firebreak against the spread of revolution west from Russia . |