Example sentences of "realised that he could " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Miss P said this to him Boy realised that he could n't actually imagine a man proposing something that he would n't want to do , or would n't at least want to try just once , but he understood what he was being told and he learnt that lesson well , thank God . |
| 2 | Mr Cubbage , however , was very circumspect in his choice of lady friends and he realised that he could be the target for any gold-digging female . |
| 3 | Thinking back Rostov realised that he could remember nothing after the moment when he had operated the lock control and the door had hissed aside . |
| 4 | The work redoubled in intensity after the later 1960s , when he realised that he could afford to go part-time as an architectural assistant and create more time for the research . |
| 5 | He averted his eyes quickly , and realised that he could now no longer see the ground through the dragon . |
| 6 | Whether Lear was disappointed is unknown , but certainly Gould realised that he could profit more from starting a completely new project under his own name than by finishing someone else 's . |