Example sentences of "[pron] realise [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I realised at the beginning of 1992 that we were not core and that we were to be disposed of — we had a very difficult year . ’ |
| 3 | They had walked quite some miles , she realised on the return journey , and she had been in his company for quite some while , so it came as no surprise to also realise how totally unsuited she was for the job she was there to do . |
| 4 | She had n't even noticed where they were , but now he was guiding her up some stone steps , and she realised by the background music that they were heading for Pepe 's . |
| 5 | She grasped the light covering and was about to throw it off when she realised from the fabric 's texture that her own cotton skirt had been laid over her . |
| 6 | Why had n't she realised in the shop just how the black silk clung , emphasising every slender curve ? |
| 7 | In fact , the best stories work like a toppled pack of cards : you realise at the end why the man could n't have bought the pornography from the dodgy book-seller ( he was blind ) or why the couple should n't have wasted their savings on replacing the diamond necklace ( it was paste ) and think , Aha . |
| 8 | Too easy , he realised as the metal panel dropped behind him . |