Example sentences of "do n't know [Wh adv] [adv] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 2 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
| 3 | ‘ You did n't know how hard I can work , did you ? |
| 4 | I do n't know how quickly I can get into town . ’ |
| 5 | She also talked lovingly about Dickens : ‘ I do n't know how often I 've read the Marshalsea scenes in Little Dorrit . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 'll be — you 'd much better get off home . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know how long I 'll last here with Mr Morris as general manager . ’ |
| 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 can keep that up , ’ said Fenella . |
| 17 | I do n't know how long I lay there , pushing , relaxing , pushing again as I gasped and groaned and the sweat ran steadily down my beck . |
| 18 | Celia said quietly : ‘ I do n't know how long I can stick it here . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know how long I slept for , ’ Lucien said to Walterkin . |
| 20 | I do n't know how long I shall be laid up with this wretched ankle . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I do n't know how long I remained there . |