Example sentences of "realise [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sincerely wish you many happy returns of the season which I can scarcely realise as the winter of England , so odd does it seem to have the thermometer at 99 on Xmas day . |
| 2 | They certainly did n't realise for the length of that trip that they were travelling with another stallion , and the horses arrived at their new home safely . |
| 3 | Just how wicked she did n't realise until the next weekend , when she was on nights covering the regular night sister who was on holiday . |
| 4 | Tony Geraghty twice mentions the disappearance of Leslie 's aircraft , and the reader will realise from the context in which Geraghty discusses this incident that a loss of this number of men from a small unit was a serious matter . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
| 6 | What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York . |
| 7 | So you must first ensure that your approach is to the right quarter and you must realise at the outset that mutual trust is essential . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
| 9 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
| 10 | What I did not realise at the time , but discovered later , was that Mrs Singh had no idea that transfer next September had been suggested — she expected that it would happen straight away . |
| 11 | I did not realise at the time that this species ( or form ) is strongly dimorphic in size , with the female attaining a mere 4″ or so S.L. when fully grown . |
| 12 | Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons . |
| 13 | I guess that the people of will realise at the end of this year that the consultation and communication and public relations of this Authority are impeccable , that the quality of messages sent and received is superb and that the volume of such messages is vast . |
| 14 | ‘ What I did not realise at the outset was that this overlap of business and politics was not something episodic or occasional , but something which permeated the whole system from bottom to top , the very top . |
| 15 | I did n't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life . |