Example sentences of "[noun] reminds me of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your reply reminds me of my son paging through the brochure for George Washington University . |
| 2 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 3 | The thought of caged chicken reminds me of the occasion — I was about seven at the time — when my father lost his rather large , pompous cockbird who dominated his twelve wives . |
| 4 | Your outlook reminds me of another saying : ‘ Where there 's muck , there 's brass . ’ |
| 5 | Your Jane reminds me of Jay . |
| 6 | And — funny — my tender breast of chicken filled with garlic butter and herbs sauteed in sunflower oil with savoury rice and side salad reminds me of the chicken Kiev we occasionally buy in the supermarket . |
| 7 | In a way the sound reminds me of a small-bodied Gibson from the '30s or '40s , but with more volume and a clearer bass end . |
| 8 | The sound reminds me of the bass sound on all those expensively-produced American AOR albums — smooth , almost too clean , but live there 's an enormous amount of wallop available . ’ |
| 9 | Looking at that picture reminds me of the photos of me and Marie — you know , them we took in that photo booth . |
| 10 | The picture reminds me of what 's possible again , that 's all , not of what 's gone for ever . ’ |
| 11 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 12 | Actually that 's a that haircut reminds me of somebody that 's on the telly . |
| 13 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 14 | Lady Hamilton reminds me of my mother-in-law , God forbid ! ’ |
| 15 | Some of the scenery between the city and the seaside reminds me of the industrial landscape around Mephistco Plant Number Three , but the light 's even duller . |
| 16 | ‘ McAllister reminds me of scrubbing floors and cleaning ranges . ’ |
| 17 | The sound of gentle stillness reminds me of a field of ripening corn stirred by a gentle summer breeze , or the sound of waves on a sandy beach , some distance away . |
| 18 | These young persons ' attitude to the game reminds me of how the old game used to be — when there were no leagues and no cup competitions . |
| 19 | soc : Not entirely , but your ‘ one best method ’ argument reminds me of a very old debate in sociology about positivism … |
| 20 | As both a guitar fetishist and a hi-fi victim I read with interest the letter from Jonathan Simmonds in the June issue , since his comments about Eric Johnson 's ability to hear the difference between jack plugs reminds me of the debate in the hi-fi world a while back about whether interconnect and speaker cables made any difference to the sound of a system . |
| 21 | In a way , his approach reminds me of Rob Armstrong 's , in that he views the guitar first and foremost as a sound-producer , rather than a beautiful piece of furniture which the maker hopes is going to sound good . |
| 22 | This dress reminds me of my first long dress . |
| 23 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 24 | This latter award reminds me of a key feature of being the best and that is teamwork . |
| 25 | You know who McKechnie reminds me of ? |
| 26 | My sister reminds me of our isolation , the neighbours who fed us meat and sweets , the tea parties we went out to but which we were never allowed to return . |
| 27 | Her story reminds me of that old Christian Aid appeal for collectors , showing an elderly lady at a lace-curtained window , with the caption ‘ Someone is waiting for you ’ . |
| 28 | Reading Terkel 's book reminds me of driving from Washington DC to San Francisco . |
| 29 | The smell of machine oil reminds me of other guns I 've handled in my time . |
| 30 | This talk of laughing all the way to the bank reminds me of a delightful line from Shakespeare : |