Example sentences of "idea of [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows the lining of the womb to return to normal , and would give her some idea of how long her menstrual cycle was . |
| 2 | The engine driver also gave control some idea of how long it would take to clean the fire and raise sufficient steam for him to take his train forward . |
| 3 | This timing gives some idea of how long their travelling habitually took : still in a post-chaise , and allowing an hour , say , for breakfast , they required seven hours or so to travel a distance of about twenty-eight miles . |
| 4 | I had no idea of how long I had slept . |
| 5 | But in May 1958 even that show came to an end — a London bus strike was killing business , which also gives some idea of how long ago that was . |
| 6 | Fabia had no idea of how long she lay there feeling beaten , but , as she put out her small light and closed her eyes , she just did n't need to have anything more land on her plate of despair . |
| 7 | right , what I would suggest , is somebody take , what I was going to say is if you time me reading this , okay we get an idea of how long exactly we need to make . |