Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I do n't know how long . |
| 2 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 3 | I do n't know how long she kept using it ( or more precisely , how long it kept using her ) , but surely up to the day when she noticed her sister , younger by eight years , tossing up her arm while saying good-bye to a girlfriend . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 6 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I do n't know how long it 'll take to get there . ’ |
| 9 | Prison officers will not necessarily know how long any person will be detained and immigration officers do not seem willing to say . |
| 10 | I do n't know how long it had been there . |
| 11 | They had lost all sense of time and did not know how long their night had lasted , whether dawn was near or far . |
| 12 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 13 | The frets here seem as soft as those on the Villain , and this would appear to be an area which the company will have to address , as it does them a disservice ; do they know how long poor quality bass frets last ? |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Not having ever had an injury like this before I do n't know how long it will take to heal . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | He could n't cry , he could n't feel ; he did n't know how long he stood outside the door , leaning against the greasy wall . |
| 21 | I DO N'T KNOW how long the Curtiss P-40 has been my son 's favourite aircraft and I often wondered why . |
| 22 | He did n't know how long he could live like this . |
| 23 | ‘ We do n't know how long he will be out , but we will certainly miss him . ’ |
| 24 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 25 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |
| 26 | ‘ We do n't know how long he 's been dead , ’ murmured the Marshal , ‘ though it could n't have been long , he was n't … |
| 27 | She did n't know how long she knelt on the cold floor with her mother still and silent in her arms . |
| 28 | ‘ Pity , it may have been your last day off for I do n't know how long . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for . |
| 30 | Nor do we know how long afferent blockade must be continued during and after surgery to ensure that neuronal plasticity is prevented and not simply delayed . |