Example sentences of "as [prep] how long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And as for how long you 've known him , you can hardly expect me to tell you that that makes any difference . |
| 2 | Questions are asked as to how long the doctor must maintain his patient on such a machine before discontinuing its use . |
| 3 | There are various theories as to how long the inquiry will last , ranging from four months to nine months , or even longer . |
| 4 | It is simply a guide as to how long your customers take before paying their accounts . |
| 5 | Accounts vary as to how long a girl ( usually starting , like a boy , at 14 ) was regarded as a learner . |
| 6 | Silence is established before the meal is served , the staff patrolling the perimeter of the room , affecting indifference as to how long the pupils continue to talk . |
| 7 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 8 | Er it would have been better had he perhaps said , well there 's the time for the job , there 's your card , there 's all the operations listed for you , from one to sixteen or whatever it might be , and each one itemized you know , as to how long it might take . |
| 9 | We would have to get a special cradle to do that and I have no real idea as to how long his nerve will hold . |
| 10 | Yeah , if it , if it 's an illness , not a simple accident , an accident is probably , or you 've got a rough idea as to how long you gon na be off for . |
| 11 | Erm , we had an example advert early on that we actually read through , for the simple reason of finding how long it was going to take , so we had a target as to how long we needed the advert to be very early on and we could work to that . |