Example sentences of "[not/n't] realise [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What I did not realise at the outset was that this overlap of business and politics was not something episodic or occasional , but something which permeated the whole system from bottom to top , the very top .
2 What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise .
3 What I did not realise at the time , but discovered later , was that Mrs Singh had no idea that transfer next September had been suggested — she expected that it would happen straight away .
4 I did not realise at the time that this species ( or form ) is strongly dimorphic in size , with the female attaining a mere 4″ or so S.L. when fully grown .
5 What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York .
6 ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened .
7 Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons .
8 I did n't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life .
9 They certainly did n't realise for the length of that trip that they were travelling with another stallion , and the horses arrived at their new home safely .
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