Example sentences of "she realise [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother so seldom asked her for anything , she realised with a jolt . |
| 2 | She realised with a shock what a mystery her children were to her , and what a mystery she must seem to them . |
| 3 | SHe realised with a dreadful clench of the stomach that SHe was a morsel of raw flesh being thrown into a blood-spiced pool of hungry sharks . |
| 4 | She realised with a sinking heart that the longer her mother-in-law remained at the Manor , the more difficult it would be to dislodge her . |
| 5 | She realised with a suppressed groan that she was forced to justify herself to the chief superintendent in the same terms as she had defended herself against Christine Mills . |
| 6 | She had no idea of Roman 's feelings towards her , she realised with a jolt of despair . |
| 7 | She realised with a shock that , while waiting for the disaster she believed was inevitable , she had been holding her breath . |
| 8 | There was even , she realised with a sense of unreality , a fountain playing in the pool at the centre of the design . |
| 9 | Folly sat up ; then clutched the sheet to her as she realised with a shock that she was naked . |
| 10 | She winced , the force of his brutal remark piercing through her like a sharp knife , the suggestion of other women hurting so badly that she realised with a sick sensation that she was jealous . |
| 11 | Because her only defence was to turn him against her , she realised with a pang of sorrow . |
| 12 | Telling Dane about her past had removed a massive weight from her shoulders , she realised with a sense of wonder and gratitude . |
| 13 | But then the near triumphant feeling of satisfaction quickly changed to one of horror , as she realised with a cry that the co-ordination of her limbs was n't what it should be , and she found herself falling heavily and clumsily into the basin of chill water below . |
| 14 | And therein lay the extent of his gratitude , she realised with a feeling of despondency , but to disguise her feelings she added brightly , ‘ When we 're at the hospital we must visit Stella . ’ |
| 15 | She realised with a slight shock that she was staring straight at a man who was looking in through the shop window , staring back . |
| 16 | Except , she realised with a sudden sense of shock , the ship was moving and she had n't even noticed until now . |
| 17 | She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date . |
| 18 | He could n't have been more than five years old , she realised with a sense of shock . |
| 19 | She was fanning her cheeks desultorily when she realised with a start that they were pulling off the road and Niall was bringing the car to a halt . |
| 20 | Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious , she realised with a jolt . |
| 21 | She paid her bill and wandered back to where she had parked the car in a shady spot under an orange tree in a square — She did n't know a lot about Fernando Serra , she realised with a dull bumping of her heart . |
| 22 | No — it was n't fear of being alone she was experiencing , she realised with a hollow pang inside — it was something much more basic than that , but just as alien to her character . |
| 23 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 24 | But then he was n't likely to believe anything good about her , she realised with a sudden profound pang of sorrow . |
| 25 | His slow smile lit up his eyes , and again she realised with a jolt that behind his severe exterior he could be quite attractive . |
| 26 | And that , she realised with an increasing feeling of horror , was the whole awful crux of the matter . |
| 27 | She realised in a panic that she had forgotten the number . |
| 28 | Naturally there was only one more mention , she realised after a moment . |