Example sentences of "[adv] know [Wh adv] long [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon . |
| 2 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
| 3 | He did not know how long he had been sleeping but woke up hungry and decided to sneak into the kitchens for a tin of soup . |
| 4 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
| 5 | But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so . |
| 6 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
| 7 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
| 8 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard . |
| 11 | Cos we was , we was , I do n't know how long we rationed , do you now ? |
| 12 | Because we did n't know how long we 've had it . |
| 13 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 16 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know how long I 'll be — you 'd much better get off home . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know how long I 'll last here with Mr Morris as general manager . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know how long I stood in front of it . |
| 23 | I do n't know how long I stood there while the world turned . |
| 24 | I do n't know how long I can keep that up , ’ said Fenella . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Celia said quietly : ‘ I do n't know how long I can stick it here . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I do n't know how long I shall be laid up with this wretched ankle . |
| 30 | 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 . |