Example sentences of "[adv] long [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I du n no how long we got to wait , but it 's pretty soon . |
| 2 | In terms of time that meant ten to twelve hours , depending on how long they took to get through the Romanian frontier . |
| 3 | Mr Wishart opened the carriage door and asked a porter how long they had to wait . |
| 4 | She did n't mind how long they had to stay . |
| 5 | That 's how long they managed to compete , realistically . |
| 6 | They would begin to appreciate the problems of daily life in the past without modern labour-saving equipment , and appreciate just how long it took to do even simple tasks . |
| 7 | Yeah you write the , sort of , how long it took to do it and if it was if there was more one and what they said about it an |
| 8 | Of course , the result was , anybody watching you timed how long it took to go from the Dock gate to sign in and put it on the spike . |
| 9 | It surprised me how long it took to make the change to HTV . |
| 10 | If the answer is still no , then you really need to think hard about how long it took to produce the material and whether that expenditure of time was justified . |
| 11 | The Austrian officials were quite another matter ; middle-aged , self-confident , well dressed and courteous , they enquired how long I intended to stay , glanced in the boot , and waved me on with the hope that I would enjoy my stay . |
| 12 | How l how long you had to do that ? |
| 13 | Mr Helmsley did not say how long he planned to keep his buildings in mourning , but his wife is expected to be in jail for at least 19 months before she is eligible for parole . |
| 14 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
| 15 | Even so , I do n't know how he survived that fall ; God knows what he broke , how he suffered , how long he took to crawl there to the other slightly brighter patch of light ; how long he took to die . |
| 16 | Even so , I do n't know how he survived that fall ; God knows what he broke , how he suffered , how long he took to crawl there to the other slightly brighter patch of light ; how long he took to die . |
| 17 | She had no idea how long he intended to keep her here . |
| 18 | But while a cruise across the Mediterranean with Clive Kemp had posed no problems at all , the very thought of being alone on a boat with Nathan Bryce for however long it took to sail two thousand miles brought her out in a cold sweat and turned her insides to jelly . |