Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] recognised " in BNC.

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1 I got recognised by this real old stomper in the sit-down Chinese in Cinderford … ’
2 He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’
3 I get recognised in the street .
4 If I get recognised it means the group are doing summat , but you know I can quite happily get through the day without getting recognised … ’
5 If I get recognised it means the group are doing summat , but you know I can quite happily get through the day without getting recognised … ’
6 I knew that she did n't believe in him as I did because in that case I would have recognised her as I had recognised Mother Joseph , who inhabited a territory which I had visited .
7 The only distinctive " province " , in the strict sense , that I have recognised in my studies of Mesozoic bracbiopods , is a somewhat vaguely defined equatorial belt .
8 I knew at once that you 'd recognised the title . ’
9 She 'd recognised his voice .
10 ‘ As a vet , ’ he said curtly , ‘ should n't you have recognised the sounds a cow makes ? ’
11 One distinguished-looking delegate , who Mark recognised as the Chairman of the British Conservative party , introduced himself to say that people with his experience should put themselves forward to serve in the European Parliament .
12 He joined her in the kitchen , and she saw that the descriptions which had reached her through the field telegraph and by which she had recognised him , were accurate .
13 She had recognised the voices — Jean , Jeff 's girl and her friend , Peggy .
14 She had recognised that Jack 's jail sentence would probably — with parole — be fairly short , a year or two maybe , and she was more than prepared to sit those years out , now , in return for normal family life .
15 She had recognised that her father , too , was common , but that he was a good imitator : from the time he had taken up with her mother , who was from the middle class , he had aimed to act accordingly .
16 She had recognised him instantly , though she had seen him in the flesh only once before and that had been across a crowded ballroom .
17 Because from the very first syllable she had recognised it — even through the door .
18 Oh , yes , she had recognised the sexual awareness that was the dark other side of Luke 's hostility — and had tried to ignore it , but it was impossible to go on pretending it did n't exist now that the preliminary skirmishing was over and he was referring to it openly .
19 Yes , she had recognised pride as an intrinsic component of his personal make-up , and the fact that it could permit him to ignore or override her resistance , her hostility , her hatred , was probably the true measure of his confidence in her ultimate surrender .
20 It was the home of a very wealthy man , a man she had recognised as wealthy the moment she had seen him .
21 Of the few men with Thorfinn , she had recognised Osbern of Eu and the Riveire boy , and the sallow face of Gillecrist of Strathclyde .
22 Likely it was because she had recognised in him from the first the trait matching her own : the ability to make money , for especially was she enamoured of his Sunday second-hand car-sales and of the fact that he insisted on working on that day and handling this side of the business himself .
23 The 138 patients who had recognised a potential condom failure represented only 45% of the 309 who had conceived while using this method .
24 An adequate knowledge of the existence , timing , and source of postcoital pills was shown by 52 ( 30% ) of the 171 patients who had recognised a potential contraceptive failure and 25 ( 12% ) of the 210 who had not used any contraception — that is , 77 ( 20% ) of the 381 patients who might have benefited from their use .
25 A Ven Gajdusek , she swiftly realised , who had recognised not only the Skoda but its occupants too , and , from the look of fury on his face , was not very pleased to see any of them .
26 We are likely to be attracted by people who have recognised a general and fundamental problem as opposed to a specific one .
27 The Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is in part financed by the Countryside Council for Wales , who have recognised the experiment as being of national significance .
28 This SAMPLING is very important since it allows you to clarify points you have recognised and regain the drift of the historian 's thoughts or arguments .
29 May I start by saying how pleased I am that you have recognised Michael Buerk , Alistair Cooke and the Today programme team .
30 He says that in the case of a face one has recognised , talk of ‘ separating ’ the familiarity from the impression of the face does not have any clear sense for him .
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