Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] i [vb mod] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know how long I 'll last here with Mr Morris as general manager . ’ |
| 2 | No , never tell me more of your goings and comings than is my due , I need only to know , as nearly as you may judge , how long I must bide here to wait for the answer . ’ |
| 3 | [ In talking about continued home care ] I can stand the strain at the moment , but I do n't know for how long I can go on . |
| 4 | We 've done it for years , even won the FA Cup , but I do n't now how long I can go on . |
| 5 | I was whirling it round and round — I was getting tireder and tireder and wondering how long I could go on … |
| 6 | You see how effortlessly I can conjure up the visions and tempt you into that Realm where I , too , am a Prince ? ’ |
| 7 | Trying to see how , how quickly I can get home . |
| 8 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |
| 9 | Yes and he 's very , very difficult to feed himself , to get the food in because , you know , he liked to come in a half past ten and bully me to cook things for him that 's why sometimes I used to run up to bed and pretend I was asleep . |