Example sentences of "remind [pron] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue should have reminded her of his flaming , instead of entrancing her by its own beauty , the beauty which had seemed to be utter and complete in itself . |
| 2 | Sir Thomas remonstrated with him , as was his duty , reminding him of his high calling and how he will be required , in accordance with royal custom , to make a match advantageous to the realm — that is to say with a foreign princess . ’ |
| 3 | He could have gone on , reminding her of his own incredible bargaining skill , and revealing his knowledge of certain holdings still owned by the company , though truth to tell they were neither large nor especially lucrative . |
| 4 | Discharging the jury after a plea from defence lawyers , judge Verney reminded them of his earlier warning . |
| 5 | Aline said , ‘ Maybe you reminded him of his long-lost youth . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It now reminded him of his first visit to DEEP . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So in the third and last soliloquy Richard reminds us of his concealed plot , his ‘ deep intent ’ to kill Clarence — deep to the rest of the world , visible to us and tells us of his further plan to marry Lady Anne ( ‘ What though I kill 'd her husband and her father ? ’ ) . |
| 14 | But Donna Frizzell never failed to remind her of his dragging progress through school , compared to Betty and Joanne 's smart performances . |