Example sentences of "it reminded her " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It reminded her irresistably of a scene in Fantasia .
3 It reminded her painfully of Jordan and for the first time she thought about how she was never going to touch him again .
4 It reminded her of a film she had seen years before in which a cigarette had been stubbed out in a fried egg .
5 Though it was much less grand , it reminded her of what her mistress had called ‘ the doll 's house ’ , that little house they had rented for six months in the winter of '48 in the Piazza Pitti .
6 It reminded her too much of her father 's years of toil to bring up his family .
7 It reminded her too that she should really get her into bed so that she could recover a little from the shocks she had received .
8 It reminded her nicely of home , and Mrs Keith particularly enjoyed the solo competitions .
9 Above left The wallpaper frieze in the sitting room came from America and was fearfully expensive , but Angela could n't resist it because it reminded her of two pictures in her bedroom , of fruit and flowers painted on black velvet .
10 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 .
11 One woman fainted on smelling the sea potion — it reminded her of when she nearly drowned as a child .
12 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 .
13 Yet at the same time it reminded her all too clearly of something she was dreading more and more .
14 It reminded her of that other occasion when she had driven Freddie Nash and she wondered whether they were destined to find themselves together battling against the elements .
15 It reminded her of how , in her youth , she had always been puzzled by the lines of the hymn : Can a mother 's tender care , cease towards the child she bear ?
16 She enjoyed his obvious fascination with it and it reminded her of another suggestion she wanted to make to him .
17 And each time it reminded her of her husband .
18 It was a woman 's voice , but it reminded her of her father 's whining .
19 And when the old chap approached Shirley outside London nightspot Tramp — of course — it reminded her of another line from that old song of hers : ‘ Hey big spender , spend a little time with me . ’
20 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 .
21 It reminded her of another time .
22 The gesture was both intimate and impersonal and it reminded her of Maggie 's physical friendship that never grew into love .
23 It reminded her again of the woman who had drifted from window to window waiting for Luke — her unadorned face , the limp that made one shoulder dip as she hurried to meet him .
24 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 .
25 He was wearing a thick grey cardigan over a white shirt and it reminded her of how chilly the air was in the house .
26 It reminded her of Hilda , and she felt a wave of panic , but fought it down .
27 She alone could see the sorrow in it , and it reminded her of her experience .
28 It reminded her too strongly for her own good that he had been doled out far too much fatal charm .
29 It reminded her of the type of man he was .
30 It reminded her too much of the English word ‘ scatty ’ , and she was neither feather-brained nor flighty !
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