Example sentences of "realised [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too easy , he realised as the metal panel dropped behind him . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 3 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 4 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
| 5 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 6 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 7 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 8 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 9 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 10 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 11 | Pub landlord Nigel Moxham said : ‘ We only realised after the race that Gaby had been saved by the boat we paid for . ’ |
| 12 | Eighty-six ceramic works , ranging from dinner plates to monumental sculptures , which Miró realised with the collaboration of Josep Artigas . |
| 13 | She realised from the quizzical looks that met this further information that she had made matters worse rather than better . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Of the three elements which make up an opera — the music , the words and the drama — the third arises from the first two realised by the performance of the singing actors , with the collaboration of the musicians and within the ambience of the set and the costumes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | What she could do , Fabia realised by the time she was back at her hotel and in the lounge with a cup of coffee , was to return to England without delay . |