Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching her , he became aware of an extraordinary pain at the thought that she could never know how strongly he felt about her . |
| 2 | I just did n't know how deep it had gone for you . |
| 3 | You 'll never know how nearly I took you that night . |
| 4 | She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes . |
| 5 | Cos we was , we was , I do n't know how long we rationed , do you now ? |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know how long we rode for . |
| 7 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |
| 9 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
| 10 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I do n't know how long I remained there . |
| 14 | I do n't know how long I stood in front of it . |
| 15 | I do n't know how long I stood there while the world turned . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
| 18 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A fire brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 21 | A brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there , but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
| 24 | I do n't know how long it had been there . |
| 25 | er do you know the er , it looked a fairly new building , I do n't know how long it had been going , she 's a member of the something club |
| 26 | Do you know how long it took us ? |
| 27 | Do you know how long it took us ? |
| 28 | And er so that 's what he had Do you know how long it took , all that lot ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She did n't know how long she lay there , but when the door opened she started , then relaxed as she saw it was her grandmother . |