Example sentences of "realise [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , we thought everyone else was booming while we were down in the dumps , but from talking to other businessmen you realise that everyone is suffering the same . ’ |
| 2 | I suddenly realise that we are attacking the enemy positions and we are now running through the trees . |
| 3 | Does the Secretary of State realise that we were promised 20 years ago that after 20 years the toll would be abolished ? |
| 4 | His extravagant action , his grace , his poise and his enthusiasm combine to produce a perfect jumping machine , and people soon realise that they are watching something exceptional . |
| 5 | We must begin the process of raising awareness among our white brothers and sisters so that they realise that they are hurting us . |
| 6 | Could I appeal to running shoe manufacturers to open their eyes and realise that they are missing out on a valuable section of the market ? |
| 7 | But then with an ever deepening sinking feeling inside I realise that I am bound for failure once again . |
| 8 | ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves . |
| 9 | I , I hate to contradict a lady but I does Mrs realise that she is voting against the construction of T five if you support my . |
| 10 | You soon realise that you 're expected to play straight man , but it 's hard to complain . |
| 11 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman realise that he is setting an obstacle course for the courts which will make it more difficult for them to pass tough sentences in serious cases ? |
| 12 | They had conducted the same argument , at intervals , since the days after they had realised that they were isolated on an alien world . |
| 13 | The sounds of shouting and gunshots might have alarmed Ianthe had she not realised that they were coming from the television programme in the basement . |
| 14 | The state 's farmers and bee-keepers might not have realised that they were coping with an externality , but that had not stopped them from organising a market . |
| 15 | She had n't realised that they were going to breakfast in the suite or even that she would share breakfast with him . |
| 16 | Likewise , in the Second World War , the Germans , perhaps because of their complacency , never realised that we were breaking the Enigma code . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth , East ( Mr. Atkinson ) made an eloquent speech about compulsory competitive tendering ; and I was heartened by the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester ( Mr. Nelson ) also realised that we were talking not about compulsory contracting out but about compulsory competitive tendering , which means that there is an opportunity for the in-house team to make a bid . |
| 18 | Nutmeg suddenly realised that he was looking at himself ! |
| 19 | This is a convoluted way of achieving a just result , and the law should be that the defendant should be proved to have realised that he was dealing with a policeman , or was reckless about the matter . |
| 20 | Jesus ' audience , however , would not have recognised the ‘ son ’ as Jesus because they would not have realised that he was going to die . |
| 21 | Surely he must have realised that he was pitting himself against a concern of considerable strength . |
| 22 | Yet , Levine , who died in July 1987 , aged 81 , could not have realised that he was making one of the best investments of his life . |
| 23 | She stopped again then said wryly , ‘ When I saw you and gradually realised that he was attracted to you I naturally became jealous . ’ |
| 24 | And besides , although the owner of the Rose Bowl presumably realised that she was receiving almost as many flowers as she sold , Folly was fairly sure that Lisa knew nothing of her relationship with Luke Hunter . |
| 25 | He had no sense of telling a lie ; after all , Céline must surely have realised that she was forfeiting her title by fleeing to Scotland . |
| 26 | Her husband had not realised that she was dying , and the subsequent shock was so great that he became unable to care for his six-year-old daughter who also began to lose weight and perform badly at school . |
| 27 | ‘ I was , ’ she retorted , but swiftly realised that she was doing Cara no favours by snapping in retaliation , and bit back the ‘ but you were n't ’ which begged to be allowed to follow . |
| 28 | She hardly knew what she was doing , barely realised that she was starting to unbutton his shirt , her fingers trembling in their haste to feel his skin , and he laughed deep in his throat , a glorying , exultantly male sound that thrilled the woman in her . |
| 29 | But Lokata had not realised that it was treading on a defence secret . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |