Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] remind i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom .
2 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 .
3 She repeated the request about the baptism and reminded me of my promise to baptise her baby .
4 She repeated the request about the baptism and reminded me of my promise to baptise her baby .
5 The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs .
6 There 's summat about these lights that remind me of Annie — I du n no what it is .
7 This raucous noise only seemed to emphasize the ominous silence of the island and reminded me of a story I had heard from a traveller who claimed to have sailed the Western Ocean and come across islands inhabited by ghosts of dead sailors .
8 My first example would sound like this : ‘ The trade balance is One BILL ION Pounds in the red … ’ — pronounced ‘ bill -yun ’ with a strange rising cadence that reminds me of nothing more than Leslie Crowther : ‘ A bill -yun pounds — come on down ! ! ! ’
9 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 ? ’
10 Salvatore may not be the world 's most handsome man , but it was the glint of ferocious determination in his eyes and the sweet smile he reserved for his team-mates in quieter moments that reminded me of Bri .
11 There were peaks in view that reminded me to the Matterhorn , of Ober Gabelhorn and Wellenkuppe .
12 There is something about a fire that reminds me of holiness and truth .
13 Vermeer sprang to mind as there is also something about the intense luminosity of the effect of the light-boxes that reminded me of that unique concentration of light in paintings executed with the aid of camera obscuras ( ancestor of the camera ) .
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