Example sentences of "not [verb] how [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had lost all sense of time and did not know how long their night had lasted , whether dawn was near or far . |
| 2 | They did not know how long their present work would last or , if they lost it , when they would get another job or under what conditions . |
| 3 | The pensioners complained on the eve of the first anniversary of the publisher 's death that they still did not know how long their pensions would be paid . |
| 4 | Wives often do not know how much their husbands earn . |
| 5 | He looked at her with troubled eyes , but she could not know how much his answer was going to hurt . |
| 6 | This may be verbal and , strangely , the Act does not specify how long your notice should be . |
| 7 | He had not realised how important it was before now ; had not understood how much their strength depended on them being of a single mind . |
| 8 | ‘ I can not imagine a worse torture than not knowing how long your pension will be paid , ’ Mr Trench told a London news conference before they marched to Parliament to lobby their MPs . |
| 9 | I can not tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth . |
| 10 | For his own successor he suggested Rohde , " the ablest of all the younger philologists I have known " , and with a disarming naivety he added : " I can not express how profoundly my life here in Basle would be alleviated by the presence of my best friend . " |
| 11 | The USAF will not say how often its charges will go out for a spin along the byways of central England . |
| 12 | OSF Motif technical manager , Bruce Huie , says OSF ‘ does n't know how exactly its going to do it yet , ’ but to gauge interest , OSF is holding workshops for members and non-members over the summer , covering application interoperability and interface graphics . |
| 13 | Eyes do n't fossilize , so we do n't know how long our type of eye took to evolve its present complexity and perfection from nothing , but the time available is several hundred million years . |
| 14 | I do n't know I do n't know how long income support 's going to be , I do n't know how long my next pay packet 's gon na be or what have you . |
| 15 | And I know she likes me , but I do n't know how far her liking will stretch if she knows I 'm the means of you … well , not marrying . |
| 16 | Edgar , I do n't know how far your people got upstairs … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I love roses , ’ she said , hoping Myra had n't noticed how much her thoughtful gesture had affected her . |