Example sentences of "[vb past] on [pers pn] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |
| 2 | It was not until I saw a sailor much smaller than myself performing in a Force 6 that it dawned on me that the answer must lie in a good technique . |
| 3 | In a moment of inspiration , she found something else : ‘ I shall never forget my utter amazement when the truth dawned on me that the outline of a lion was drawn by the curves of the Cary river , below the old capital town of Somerset ’ . |
| 4 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |
| 5 | Iain did n't notice her for a while , but eventually it dawned on him that the blur in the corner of his eye was n't just a blob of grease on his eyelash . |
| 6 | There he was , trotting out the same old tale for the umpteenth time to Sir Robin Day on Thames Television 's This Week , when , inspired by a throwaway remark by his interviewer , it dawned on him that the soapbox trick might succeed with the country as a whole . |
| 7 | Well he washed this one first and then he went over there and er then it dawned on him that the ends pull off |
| 8 | We urged on him that the RUC must be given a ‘ fraud squad ’ as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | The Substitute would have been willing to bet every cigar he had on him that the Brigadier had been about to add ‘ before you were born ’ . |