Example sentences of "reminded me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were faced , as you reminded me with a projected twenty-four million pound shortfall . |
| 2 | There were peaks in view that reminded me to the Matterhorn , of Ober Gabelhorn and Wellenkuppe . |
| 3 | It reminded me of when I used to give people money just to make them go away again . |
| 4 | The smell of couscous and other grain which filled the air constantly reminded me of my own situation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It reminded me of Cenotaph , except the right wall overhung . |
| 7 | The spectacle last week of 400 officers in riot gear running round the Broadwater Farm Estate and finding little or nothing in the way of drugs reminded me of Sir Robert Mark 's definition of a good police force as one which employed fewer criminals than it caught . |
| 8 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The scene before me reminded me of the very similar scenes in the Highland crofts , the only difference being the now almost overpowering smell of onions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 14 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 15 | Its many arches reminded me of the perfection of the Roman aqueduct at Segovia . |
| 16 | They all reminded me of him . |
| 17 | The person I saw that morning in the sunny gallery of the Palacio de Anaya reminded me of James Dean , not so much in physical appearance , though they were alike in presenting the essence of a certain youthful American type of the period , as in an instant personal magnetism , a cocksure and irresistible sexual charm . |
| 18 | The star of that upsetting movie , Terence Stamp , reminded me of Dana at his most perverse and enigmatic , half-god , half-demon , lover and destroyer . |
| 19 | He was wearing chinos , and looked almost American , and there was something sexually magnetic about him that at once reminded me of Dana . |
| 20 | Tony thought a Wolfhound would be great — and Christopher reminded me of his longing for an Old English Sheepdog . |
| 21 | My disagreeable reaction to the photos reminded me of the way I — and a host of others — responded to the last major American exhibition of Koons ' work two years ago . |
| 22 | The proprietor reminded me of the man who used to travel round the Forest villages killing pigs . |
| 23 | After I was born she put on a lot of weight , and although eventually she lost most of it , my birth was seen as to blame for her weight problem , and throughout my childhood she reminded me of this . |
| 24 | This man , who was soon joined by three friends , reminded me of the woozily friendly Galway people I had known in Brighton in the late sixties and early seventies . |
| 25 | His work reminded me of that of Kyffin Williams , the Artist of Anglesey . |
| 26 | Mrs Knelle gave a shudder , and in that moment she reminded me of a Karen Blixen figure in Kenya , who has stayed on after Mau Mau to make the best of life in a new Republic . |
| 27 | The former , a dignified nineteenth-century building , reminded me of St Peter 's at Brighton . |
| 28 | I was glad to hear the accent , for it reminded me of my exciting days in Northern Ireland , recounted elsewhere . |
| 29 | Cream-coloured Regency guest houses reminded me of Weymouth . |
| 30 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |