Example sentences of "[noun sg] remind me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 2 | The thought of caged chicken reminds me of the occasion — I was about seven at the time — when my father lost his rather large , pompous cockbird who dominated his twelve wives . |
| 3 | I had completely forgotten Karen until her squeal of laughter reminded me of the answer to Alison 's question . |
| 4 | And — funny — my tender breast of chicken filled with garlic butter and herbs sauteed in sunflower oil with savoury rice and side salad reminds me of the chicken Kiev we occasionally buy in the supermarket . |
| 5 | The sound reminds me of the bass sound on all those expensively-produced American AOR albums — smooth , almost too clean , but live there 's an enormous amount of wallop available . ’ |
| 6 | Looking at that picture reminds me of the photos of me and Marie — you know , them we took in that photo booth . |
| 7 | The German mortar team reminded me of the Commando mortar team back in the orchard at Brigade H.Q when they were mortaring the German positions . |
| 8 | The competitiveness in the group reminded me of the casting board at drama school . |
| 9 | The proprietor reminded me of the man who used to travel round the Forest villages killing pigs . |
| 10 | The driver 's cab reminded me of the bridge ofa ship and , as in mid-ocean looking into infinity , I could almost make out the curve in the surface of the earth . |
| 11 | Some of the scenery between the city and the seaside reminds me of the industrial landscape around Mephistco Plant Number Three , but the light 's even duller . |
| 12 | In its clarity and purity of form , the mosque reminded me of the best early Cistercian architecture — that brief and precious half-century before the original ascetic urge began to give way to the worldly frivolity of the Later Middle Ages , the period that produced the great Chapter House at Fountains and the original dark-stone nave at Rievaulx . |
| 13 | Recording this news reminded me of the valuable role played by Area Presidents in guiding their Area and representing the Areas at a variety of events and functions . |
| 14 | I never wore the roll-neck out there again and as the years passed I was gradually given a large wardrobe of beautiful traditional dresses , which I wore with comfort and delight , each dress reminding me of the giver . |
| 15 | I had a mental picture of the conductor on the red London bus talking to Hammouda the village postman , of the English boy 's friends playing with Khadija 's grandson , especially Margaret , whose hair reminded me of the coloured feather duster Khadija 's grandson had pleaded for everytime he saw it in the market , thinking that it was a toy or a bird . |
| 16 | The landscape reminds me of the west coast of Ireland , of Inishere , the smallest of the Aran Islands on which I once spent a few days — the same tradition of building walls to clear land as much as to protect . |
| 17 | ‘ This house reminds me of the cottage in Hertfordshire I had before I married , ’ she explains . |