Example sentences of "it [verb] i of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reminded me of when I used to give people money just to make them go away again . |
| 2 | It reminded me of Cenotaph , except the right wall overhung . |
| 3 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 4 | But I was thinking , looking at them — ’ he gestured towards the tourists — ‘ seeing them in a group , it reminded me of a time in cadet school . |
| 5 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 6 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 7 | I was glad to hear the accent , for it reminded me of my exciting days in Northern Ireland , recounted elsewhere . |
| 8 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 9 | It reminded me of all I disliked so much in the United States , of being called Ray before even shaking hands . |
| 10 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 11 | It reminded me of one of those Nazi places , honestly . |
| 12 | It reminded me of when I was a teacher and watched one of my pupils , Dan Waterman , grow up to be a fireman . |
| 13 | It reminded me of a diary that Bruce Page , the last editor of the New Statesman but five , wrote in these pages years ago . |
| 14 | A few days ago , when it had been snowing , I saw a group of Savoy cabbages standing frozen and benumbed , and it reminded me of a group of women in their thin petticoats and old shawls which I had seen standing in a little hot-water-and-coal shop early in the morning . ’ |
| 15 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 16 | The frame around them is extremely heavy , but I chose it because it reminded me of some of the heavier framed Victorian pictures that have a botanical feel . |
| 17 | Interviewed shortly after the experience by an unknown reporter underneath the bed , she gasped : ‘ God , I was so excited , it reminded me of when I was 13 , of the first time I looked at an unwrapped tampon . |
| 18 | Oddly , instead of reminding me of Bill , it reminded me of Old Red . |
| 19 | The menu was 600 francs , and while the food was very simple it reminded me of what Provençal restaurants used to be like in the days before even the most ordinary of Provençal dishes became a " speciality " listed on the menu as a supplement at 750 francs . |
| 20 | It was projected by a thin young student at a concert where I was trying to do my performance , and it reminded me of my intentional projection of wrong words at the English Teacher when I was at school . |
| 21 | I read about it in a book and it reminded me of her . |
| 22 | ‘ It reminded me of a friend 's hand . ’ |
| 23 | It reminded me of old Mr Grace in Are You Being Served ? |
| 24 | It reminded me of those rooms they put guests in in horror movies — the sort where you know something horrible 's going to happen in the middle of the night . |
| 25 | ‘ It reminded me of our time in Nigeria . |
| 26 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 27 | It reminded me of that episode in Rudyard Kipling 's Kim where the boy is confronted with a shattered pot and comes under pressure to reconstruct it in his mind as it once was . |
| 28 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 29 | it reminded me of one of those plastic haircuts you used to get as a kid for the legoland men . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a kind of torture because it reminded me of how you made love . ’ |