Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] [pron] have taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one cared how long we had taken on the route . |
| 2 | She had no idea how long it had taken her to cross the river . |
| 3 | In the end part of there specific bequest had to be used to pay the balance of bills but there was a complaint about how long it had taken to sort out , and it taken long to sort out because it was a home made will that did n't make all the right provisions . |
| 4 | Ellwood wondered how the search for Tessa was going and how long it had taken the Department to close the story down . |
| 5 | Student asks thirty people , how long it had taken them And you draw a frequency table , which you 've just been doing there . |
| 6 | Which mountains was another question , but they were not so very far from the coast , to judge by how long it had taken to drive here from whatever port they had arrived in . |
| 7 | She still felt aggrieved to think how long it had taken to persuade the police of that simple fact . |
| 8 | ‘ No telephone calls accepted for residents — ’ I wondered how long it had taken him to break the habit of saying ‘ inmates ’ — ‘ during luncheon . ’ |
| 9 | They have seen the prosperity of the west but perhaps do n't realise how long it has taken to get there , and the imperfections likely . |
| 10 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 11 | I ca n't believe how long it 's taken me to get in touch with you . |
| 12 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 13 | Well i I 'm not aware of how far he has taken anything on board , what I would expect as a Member of Parliament and the House of Commons , and as the leader of a party in the House of Commons , I would expect that he would want to hear what I would have to say face to face , and tell me face to face what 's wrong with what I have said . |
| 14 | He rang off , and Harold thought how well he had taken it . |