Example sentences of "[noun] remind me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their father who had started the business , although retired , was still usually to be found there , hovering in the background , his full white beard reminding me of Father Christmas . |
| 2 | There was one big mango tree , a couple of coconut palms , their tufted branches reminding me of Mother 's feather duster . |
| 3 | Crucial modern medicines , David reminded me , like quinine and curare , come from the rainforest and much more potential exists there . |
| 4 | on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer |
| 5 | The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing . |
| 6 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | My lover reminded me that I could feel and inspire desire , which proved highly reassuring and , ironically , put the spice back into my marriage . |
| 8 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
| 9 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 10 | I said the bug-eyed monster reminded me of Mr Scruton the headmaster . |
| 11 | Your reply reminds me of my son paging through the brochure for George Washington University . |
| 12 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
| 13 | One of the company 's 2006 mottos , as Andy reminds me , is ‘ a tired band is a happy band ’ . |
| 14 | The boy in the daylight reminded me of a bird , a bold curious bird . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Your eyes remind me of — well , women 's faces have too much power over me . |
| 17 | Your eyes remind me of archery targets . ’ |
| 18 | Such studies resound with heartfelt quotations : ‘ I like to hear the sound of voices in the house ’ ; ‘ The programme reminds me that I could be worse off than I am ’ ; ‘ It sometimes helps me to understand my own life ’ ( McQuail , 1972 ) . |
| 19 | The small square of shops reminds me a lot of Belfast 's battle-scarred Divis Flats — the shop windows are permanently barricaded , many flats boarded up and the walls covered in spray can slogans . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | All this talk about scum reminded me that over here ( Montreal ) scum is an acronym for a um er feminist group called the Society for Cutting Up Men … they are a nice bunch of girls and would probably be Man U fans if they watched football . |
| 22 | I had completely forgotten Karen until her squeal of laughter reminded me of the answer to Alison 's question . |
| 23 | The range of everyday articles on the shelves reminded me abruptly of things at home , and I found myself thinking of my last night before leaving London . |
| 24 | Tony thought a Wolfhound would be great — and Christopher reminded me of his longing for an Old English Sheepdog . |
| 25 | ‘ Each abuse reminded me that I was worthless and throughout my life events have told me that this was so . ’ |
| 26 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 27 | ‘ Then Terry McDermott reminded me I 'm the manager , ’ said the Magpies ' Messiah . |
| 28 | On Tuesday , the day before the funeral , Alan reminded me that I should check with the crematorium organist that he would play the music I had requested , which was Prokofiev 's Winter Bonfire . |
| 29 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 30 | Your outlook reminds me of another saying : ‘ Where there 's muck , there 's brass . ’ |