Example sentences of "[noun sg] that reminded [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lilt that reminded him of Ella Fitzgerald . |
| 2 | He was always happy to help her keep her hair beautiful , even when it was time to use the greenish-brown powder that reminded him of warm cow-dung when she mixed it with water . |
| 3 | It already had a tatty , dusty look that reminded her of Mr Gerard on Lizard Street . |
| 4 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 5 | But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day . |
| 6 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 7 | He laughed , a warm , comfortable sound that reminded her of homely , rustic things like sleek cattle and woolly sheep grazing on a West Country hillside . |
| 8 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |
| 9 | The walls were brick lined and the floor covered with dull tiles set in a herringbone pattern that reminded her of a Roman villa she had once seen near the South Coast . |
| 10 | In keeping with this traditional matter went another , equally traditional : ‘ Spare the rod and spoil the child , ’ though in Leonard 's case it was not ‘ the rod ’ but the dog-lead that reminded him of his responsibilities , accurately wielded by his mother . |
| 11 | ‘ Boats and women , ’ he said in a voice that reminded her of melting dark chocolate . |
| 12 | The long hot Spanish summer had baked the earth into a hard and unyielding soil that reminded her of her father . |
| 13 | He had a superior air of self-confidence that reminded her of portraits of eighteenth-century land owners striding their acres surrounded by dogs . |
| 14 | Not in his normal voice but in a low , throaty baritone that reminded me of Vincent price in The Haunted Palace — my dad 's favourite picture : ‘ Albert Roger Quigley , do you remember me ? ’ |
| 15 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In another , she was a small speck overwhelmed by a vast and writhing darkness that reminded her of nothing so much as pictures she had seen on the cover of Tcherkassoff 's album Black Holes , and Other Singularities . |
| 18 | Here , at Sally 's instigation , were many of the things Harriet remembered and loved from her childhood and growing-up years — the rosettes she had won with her pony , her graduation dress , her old collection of Osmond and Jackson records , her early attempts at photography , proudly framed , a pressed flower that reminded her of her first proper date . |
| 19 | There was a new smell in the air — the fresh scent of flowers , a hint of lemon , and a drowsy aroma that reminded him of honey . |
| 20 | There were peaks in view that reminded me to the Matterhorn , of Ober Gabelhorn and Wellenkuppe . |