Example sentences of "idea [Wh adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are not dead , just dreaming , and you have no idea how passionately their stiff and shaking limbs once burned . |
| 2 | ‘ Any idea how soon ? ’ asked George Apsley slowly . |
| 3 | As Fitzgerald said in This Side of Paradise , " None of the Victorian mothers had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to being kissed . " |
| 4 | I had no idea what life with a baby would be like and no idea how well or badly I would I would cope . |
| 5 | At the time , however , they took the precaution of taking out a two-year lease on their office space , since they had no idea how fast the firm would grow , whether it would be a success , or if they would work as well together outside E&Y . |
| 6 | a driver says he 's got not idea how fast he goes … it takes him hundred of hours to get ready and then they come out and smash it up … there must be some logic he says … |
| 7 | Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van . |
| 8 | It called for a revision of the Prayer Book — and the bishops of that day had no idea how far this call would lead the Churches . |
| 9 | Coy had no idea how far North was involved either , and did not want to know , except on one occasion . |
| 10 | Have you any idea how far it went in ? ’ |
| 11 | SERAFIN : You 've no idea how deeply helpful all this is to me in a private capacity . |
| 12 | He had no idea how often Mrs Eckley came nor how long she stayed nor what Mr Browning thought . |
| 13 | She had no idea how long it had taken her to cross the river . |
| 14 | But many of the plastics being used in the linings are relatively untried and nobody has any real idea how long they will last . |
| 15 | We had no idea how long it would take to support ourselves or how far back you need to go in the food chain before you can become organic . |
| 16 | I had no idea how long he 'd been standing there . |
| 17 | ‘ We had no idea how long you 'd be out , ’ Nell explained , her face suddenly tensing . |
| 18 | Ruth had no idea how long they had been driving when Sean turned the horses off the road on to a narrow side track . |
| 19 | She had no idea how long she had been there when a movement in the undergrowth made her look up . |
| 20 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 21 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 22 | Time passed — she had no idea how long . |
| 23 | She had no idea how long they waited like that , with Mary O'Dell wiping the sweat from her face with a cool washcloth , speaking gently in her soft Irish singsong as if Ruth were a child , for by now her memories had blurred together ; faces swam into focus through waves of pain , then disappeared . |
| 24 | He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life . |
| 25 | She had no idea how long the drive into Portsmouth would take . |
| 26 | But can you see , have some idea how long does it take you to go some , to one place to another that you go regularly . |
| 27 | Have you any idea how long this journey is ? ’ |
| 28 | His sleep , he knew at once , must have been unusually deep , for he had no clear idea how long it had lasted nor where for that matter he was . |
| 29 | She was innocent of the intimate ways of men and had no idea how long it took them to relinquish their needs . |
| 30 | It was then a question of waiting to be called up and none of us had any idea how long this would be . |