Example sentences of "realise at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
| 3 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I did n't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life . |
| 8 | ‘ I had n't realised at the time how tough it was , ’ he admits . |
| 9 | Others were part of basic research on living tissue , and their benefits could not have been realised at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ We think the drain cover must have been removed by accident by a farm machine and no-one had realised at the time , ’ |
| 11 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 12 | Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken . |