Four days before last Christmas Eve, he reminded managers to schedule all rentals before noon so they could get trucks out on time.
One evening before going out, he reminded me to close the window.
When Elder addressed the assembled masses before the concerto, he reminded them of the grand musical heritage.
In his last, delivered a month before his death, he reminded his audience that Bill Clinton might well have invaded Iraq but for the Monica Lewinsky affair.
It was the day before his birthday, he reminded me, and, win or lose, he was going to celebrate it by flying to Nice with Eliza for the next Euro game, against England, of all places, on Monday.
Before he left, he reminded everyone how important the vote in Colorado is.
"Before I beat Djokovic," he reminded the doubters who were throwing bombs of negativity at him, "it was the same.
We reminisced a little about those wild days at Camp David, and, before we signed off, he reminded me of one particularly choice moment.
When Ms. Jinks arrived before the mailroom opened, he reminded her that she was early but returned a few minutes later with a bundle of letters so she did not have to wait.
The National League's motivation might have stemmed from gaining home-field advantage in the World Series, the 14-year streak of futility, or perhaps the folksy, funny and almost fiery pep talk that Manuel gave before the game when he reminded his players what was at stake.
