Example sentences of "remind me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After all that , one of the arms fell off recently , reminding me of the time the same thing happened during a recording of Give Us A Clue . |
| 3 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 4 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
| 5 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 6 | Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time . |
| 7 | The veiled women had reminded me of the nuns . |
| 8 | It 's in the boot of the car — remind me at the end of the round . ’ |
| 9 | In her effort to record the delight she derives from such details , evidently travelling as far afield as the US and Turkey , her outdoor work recalls both the practice of Marjorie Content 's work of 1928 in picking out the pattern of urban activity and its settings , and Lee Friedlander when focusing on the witty suggestibility of statues and lamp-posts , while her interiors remind me of the work of Margaret Watkins of 1919 . |
| 10 | Most remind me of the Sinclair Spectrum games of a few years ago , but that last one is a typical Japanese ‘ happy jumpy scrolly ’ game — weird , but compulsive . |
| 11 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 12 | Remind me before the end of this lesson and we 'll have a little look at how to get full stops right cos it 's not too hard with those . |
| 13 | I remind me in the morning . |
| 14 | Remind me in the Spring , Lucie . |
| 15 | There were peaks in view that reminded me to the Matterhorn , of Ober Gabelhorn and Wellenkuppe . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He reminded me of the circumstances of the incident resulting in that conviction which er was in fact that erm had actually er fired a weapon at a person causing injury . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 20 | The proprietor reminded me of the man who used to travel round the Forest villages killing pigs . |
| 21 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 22 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 23 | There is a colour guide to Smiths ( Willie Anderson 's idea ) which reminded me of the Louvre , although it is more simple , and there are lifts to all floors . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 26 | It all reminded me of the warmth and life at home and it was easy . |
| 27 | This reminded me of the story of how Dame Janet allegedly tried to relocate the ducks which meet and mate annually on the landscaped patch in front of the Commons and atop its underground carpark . |
| 28 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 29 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 30 | Its many arches reminded me of the perfection of the Roman aqueduct at Segovia . |