Example sentences of "it remind [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 2 | It reminded him of a veined glass marble he had once owned as a boy . |
| 3 | Willis was much more cheerful and said it reminded him of a boarding house in the old days . " |
| 4 | Ken said — he came for Sunday lunch now , often with his stepdaughter but without his wife , who felt awkward in Ellen 's presence — that it reminded him of a kitten he 'd given Wendy on the day she gave birth to Apricot . |
| 5 | It reminded him of the big shots in the trade union movement having sandwiches at Number 10 all those years ago . |
| 6 | It reminded him of the zombies he had seen in the horror film at the Empire . |
| 7 | When Endill opened the door they creaked in the draught and it reminded him of the old hanging tree beside the front gate back home at Gibbet Hall . |
| 8 | It reminded him of the vigorousness of Army life . |
| 9 | For a moment Seb had forgotten his sprained ankle but it reminded him in no uncertain fashion when he tried to put his full weight on it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It reminded me of a diary that Bruce Page , the last editor of the New Statesman but five , wrote in these pages years ago . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It reminded me of a friend 's hand . ’ |
| 14 | I was reading an article ( Echoes , March 3 ) by David Isaacs about an old soldier 's experience in Singapore and it reminded me of a conversation with a friend in Carlisle . |
| 15 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 16 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 17 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 18 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 19 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 22 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 23 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 24 | It reminded her of a film she had seen years before in which a cigarette had been stubbed out in a fried egg . |
| 25 | In her view the film had been ‘ quite careful ’ to show that it was an allegory and it reminded her of the British classic film Black Narcissus . |
| 26 | It reminded her of the river bank where Pa and the boys went to cut rushes at weekends so that Ma and Billy could work all week . |
| 27 | It reminded her of the disastrous pole-vault on the school sports-day , when Enid had cast a spell on Mildred 's pole to help her , but had inadvertently overdone the magic and Mildred had sailed through Miss Hardbroom 's study window . |
| 28 | It reminded her of the trunking at the back of a starship 's central processor banks ; and of the tubing inside a tissue regrowth cabinet . |
| 29 | It reminded her of the feeling she had had in the room below this one , stood there amongst the shrouded furniture ; that the house was not abandoned , merely boarded up temporarily , awaiting its occupant 's return . |
| 30 | It reminded her of the type of man he was . |