Example sentences of "and it reminded i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys .
2 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 . ’
3 It was projected by a thin young student at a concert where I was trying to do my performance , and it reminded me of my intentional projection of wrong words at the English Teacher when I was at school .
4 I read about it in a book and it reminded me of her .
5 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 .
6 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
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