Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] long [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The allied commanders must also consider how long they can continue the air campaign without wearing out their airmen . |
| 2 | He says that he 's only had two letters of objection and adds that he wonders how long he has to carry on to prove to some people that the crematorium is not an environmental hazard . |
| 3 | Tottenham 's dilemma was well chronicled last year , but one wonders how long it will be before they return to the same situation . |
| 4 | And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on . |
| 5 | Nobody could possibly offer a definite answer to this and say how long it may take to fully overcome anxiety and stress problems . |
| 6 | You do n't have to record people 's brainwaves in order to know how long they sleep . |
| 7 | Teachers and librarians need to know how long it will take for the teacher or librarian and pupils to learn how to use the program . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard . |
| 10 | Cos we was , we was , I do n't know how long we rationed , do you now ? |
| 11 | Because we did n't know how long we 've had it . |
| 12 | Open bridging is needed when you have n't yet signed a contract for the sale of your current home and so you do n't know how long you 'll need the bridging loan . |
| 13 | ‘ No-I did n't know how long you ought — ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know how long you 'll be in there , but I 'll just go off now |
| 15 | You do n't know how long you think he 's going for ? |
| 16 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 17 | I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it . |
| 18 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 19 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know how long I stayed there , except days became weeks and the answer to my persistent ‘ When ? ’ was an insistent ‘ Soon ’ . |
| 21 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know how long I 'll be — you 'd much better get off home . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know how long I 'll last here with Mr Morris as general manager . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know how long I stood in front of it . |
| 26 | I do n't know how long I stood there while the world turned . |
| 27 | I do n't know how long I can keep that up , ’ said Fenella . |
| 28 | I do n't know how long I lay there , pushing , relaxing , pushing again as I gasped and groaned and the sweat ran steadily down my beck . |
| 29 | Celia said quietly : ‘ I do n't know how long I can stick it here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |