Example sentences of "remind [pers pn] [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 2 | She was suffering as he must have suffered ; and if he knew her pain might he not come to her , as she had so often come to him , gently reminding her that despair was an unavoidable but essential ordeal , of the quest ? |
| 3 | When her husband began to sing a little , snapping his fingers in rhythm , she smiled and for a moment looked like a young girl again ; but the barman came immediately and reminded them that singing was not permitted . |
| 4 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 5 | Prints on the wall remind us that art was once appreciated here . |
| 6 | He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment . |
| 7 | This is to remind you that insurance is available for all Teachers teaching private classes . |
| 8 | And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . |
| 9 | There is no need to remind you that health is not the same as medical care . |
| 10 | Boxer was about to remind him that time was getting on but then thought better of it and withdrew . |
| 11 | The modern films are scientifically more respectable and probably better films , but every word of commentary trembles with piety and no chance is ever missed to remind us that man is the intruder , the destroyer , the only sinful animal in the biosphere . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman does a valuable service by reminding us that Labour is committed to a policy of heavy redistributive taxation . |