Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 I did n't know how badly you were injured , but I did n't dare let go of the wheel . ’
32 ‘ Do they know how fast you can run ? ’
33 You 'll never know how nearly I took you that night .
34 I do n't know how else we should do it , ’ and had gone off to prepare their evening meal .
35 We do n't know how soon we 'll hit fresh water .
36 ‘ The whole atmosphere is very well observed but I do n't know how accurately it portrays the Hasidim .
37 I do n't know how far we 'd get but er it 's worth looking at .
38 Second , how do they know how far they can go ?
39 We recently wrote to them asking to let us know how far they have got and for details of their public consultation programme .
40 She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes .
41 ‘ We do n't know how far he has to go , but you can be sure others will be back for the horses .
42 certainly going much further than they did , do n't quite know how far you would go
43 I do n't know how seriously he is considering the offer , but he was buying every book in the shop on the subject of the Far East .
44 ‘ You did n't know how hard I can work , did you ?
45 I do n't know how quickly I can get into town . ’
46 ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for .
47 ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard .
48 Cos we was , we was , I do n't know how long we rationed , do you now ?
49 Because we did n't know how long we 've had it .
50 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 .
51 ‘ No-I did n't know how long you ought — ’
52 I do n't know how long you 'll be in there , but I 'll just go off now
53 You do n't know how long you think he 's going for ?
54 I do n't know how long I have been asleep !
55 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 .
56 I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation .
57 ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’
58 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 ’ .
59 I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’
60 I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’
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