Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] long [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | You do n't have to record people 's brainwaves in order to know how long they sleep . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for . |
4 | ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard . |
5 | Cos we was , we was , I do n't know how long we rationed , do you now ? |
6 | Because we did n't know how long we 've had it . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ No-I did n't know how long you ought — ’ |
9 | I do n't know how long you 'll be in there , but I 'll just go off now |
10 | You do n't know how long you think he 's going for ? |
11 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
14 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
15 | 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 ’ . |
16 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’ |
17 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’ |
18 | I do n't know how long I 'll be — you 'd much better get off home . ’ |
19 | ‘ I do n't know how long I 'll last here with Mr Morris as general manager . ’ |
20 | I do n't know how long I stood in front of it . |
21 | I do n't know how long I stood there while the world turned . |
22 | I do n't know how long I can keep that up , ’ said Fenella . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Celia said quietly : ‘ I do n't know how long I can stick it here . ’ |
25 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |
26 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
27 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
28 | I do n't know how long I shall be laid up with this wretched ankle . |
29 | I do n't know how long I remained staring at him but I was disturbed by the noise of voices in the waiting-room . |
30 | I do n't know how long I remained there . |