Example sentences of "realised [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearing them live , you realised that their voices have immense power as well as great beauty . |
| 2 | Anecdotal stories show that Smith had often understood the subjects of other mathematicians ' researches better than they had themselves , but had not published because he saw further than they did , and realised that their results were special cases of a general theory not fully uncovered . |
| 3 | The members of the household , once they realised that their watches and jewellery were safe , ‘ asked them a thousand questions ’ about America , and , as the children 's governess later wrote ‘ they behaved with great civility ’ . |
| 4 | Delaney realised that their respirators were dehumanising and frightening , thus preventing his facial expressions from communicating confidence . |
| 5 | Shannon have freely admitted that , in the inaugural year of the competition last season , they fully realised that their traditional forward style would not be enough to win . |
| 6 | When Jack had spent the night in friends ' houses after a match he realised that their mothers were not like this . |
| 7 | Gradually they realised that their chances were at par , and dropped off , though wistfully . |
| 8 | However , no-one would listen to us and the Dampness Group realised that their first task was to get evidence to prove their common sense approach . |
| 9 | Many practices realised that their marketing had been deficient or that they needed to know more about trends and opportunities . |
| 10 | She soon realised that what he had said was true : taste and style were inborn . |
| 11 | She realised that what was being said about Michael must be true . |
| 12 | Now , when he allowed her so much of his time , she realised that what she had felt before was but a poor shade of the real thing . |
| 13 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 14 | A soupçon of fear mingled with pleasure as Gina realised that what had meant to have been her parting shot had touched target . |
| 15 | Later I realised that what made me uncomfortable was not that they looked like the inmates of those cattle trucks . |
| 16 | But by now she realised that what she really wanted to do was act ( she chose drama at high school to get out of English ) . |
| 17 | Then you walked into my life , and I suddenly realised that what I had felt for Claire may have been sexual attraction , but it was never love . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ IT IS time trade union leaders realised that what they perceive as power merely prolongs their political impotence and deprives their members of a telling voice in the corridor of power . |
| 19 | ‘ When they realised that one was missing the others stopped as they were about to leave Hoxa Sound and waited for it to catch up , ’ he said . |
| 20 | One version circulating at the Palace is that Her Majesty realised that Her Other Majesty did n't yet know the result when she arrived for their weekly get-together . |
| 21 | Not in shame , but in confusion and surprise she realised that her eyes were opaque with tears , and that the voices had swayed into the foreground and taken on a meaning . |
| 22 | The girl realised that her mistress was dreading her confinement and insisted that Tamar spent the afternoons lying down . |
| 23 | Bitterly , she realised that her night at The Angel with Freddie Nash had shackled her in a way which , even if she had stopped to think about the possible consequences at the time , she could scarcely have envisaged . |
| 24 | She looked from him to Michael and realised that her brother was going to go over to the man . |
| 25 | Karen realised that her goal was to find a job which was challenging and interesting and which provided her with opportunities for foreign travel . |
| 26 | ‘ Your face … ’ he began , then realised that her face was unmarked . |
| 27 | Solicitor Janna Neale sold her partnership in the law firm she had helped establish when she realised that her anxious and perfectionist nature made her unable to leave work any evening before ten , and even then she 'd carry clients ' cases and cash-flow worries home . |
| 28 | Too late Polly realised that her words were open to a very different interpretation from the one she intended , and her heart sank as the woman 's face creased into a hard-edged cynical smile . |
| 29 | Then she realised that her other hand held a much more potent weapon . |
| 30 | Then she realised that her uncle would have entered the church through a side door connecting with the vestry , while her aunt , who enjoyed rather poor health , would not have set foot outside even to take in the milk . |