Example sentences of "realised [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Benny realised properly that they were going to live separate lives though in the same city . |
| 2 | If she was to replace the roses she had used , she realised wearily , she would need to be up again at four . |
| 3 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 4 | And she probably would n't be far off the mark either , Rory realised grimly . |
| 5 | History had tried to repeat itself , she realised bitterly ; she 'd allowed a man to sweep her off her feet with honeyed words — just as her mother had before her . |
| 6 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 7 | She 'd know his voice anywhere , she realised furiously — in dense fog and darkness , at the furthest ends of the earth . |
| 8 | It was in the course of these protests that the civil rights movement realised most fully its aims of defying authority without provoking violence or a direct sectarian confrontation . |
| 9 | This was what it was all about , she realised hazily — this was what her whole life had been leading up to , this man , this place , this almost unbearably exquisite time out of time . |
| 10 | I realised slowly that the screams were coming from the kitchen . |
| 11 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 12 | Hell , I wanted him to kiss me so much ! she realised dazedly . |
| 13 | ‘ We love each other , ’ she realised anew , wonder in her voice . |
| 14 | Leaving the clinic she realised suddenly that she wanted to go to her garden . |
| 15 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 16 | He hardly knew him , he realised suddenly . |
| 17 | Khotan sat down heavily on the bench beside Burun , and Rostov realised suddenly that the Kha-Khan 's son was drunk . |
| 18 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |
| 19 | She realised suddenly that she was in the wrong lane , and pulled over sharply on the slippery road . |
| 20 | As soon as he was seated at the table she poured and handed wine , and he marked the breadth and strength of the shapely hand that offered the cup , and realised suddenly , noting the blue cloth sleeve of her gown , that she had already shed her mourning . |
| 21 | There was no blood on the bandage , but as she glanced across the broad sweep of his back Isabel realised suddenly how close Guy had come to being killed . |
| 22 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 23 | ‘ Then when I saw you I realised suddenly that you were just the friend who would help to make it all a success . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Betty Titford was clearly getting no better as years went by , and she must have had friends who realised only too well that 1s. a fortnight could hardly supply even her most fundamental needs . |
| 25 | First Chicago 's bulk sale realised only 50% ; BankAmerica 's managed even less . |
| 26 | And if she thought she 'd get away with that , then she had another think coming , she realised swiftly when , his arrogance topping hers , he rapped bluntly , ‘ Tough ! |
| 27 | Grabbed both children and ran , but realised soon there was no place to hide … ’ |
| 28 | She realised somehow that she was completely naked now , every secret of her womanhood surrendered to the honeyed eroticism of his caresses . |
| 29 | ‘ Mud ! ’ she muttered , Meredith realised not to her but in response to a thought triggered by the weather and important to the speaker . |
| 30 | Robert 's mother Ann , 39 , was devastated when her son returned , accompanied by the police , and she realised not only what had happened , but what could have happened . |