Example sentences of "not [verb] how [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Not realising how clearly she could be seen against the light , she looked down into the courtyard .
2 They simply had not realised how well they had done out of changes in Europe 's common agricultural policy .
3 Unfortunately , for the reason mentioned above , I can not predict how quickly we can progress the matter .
4 ‘ So shall we get married tomorrow , Frank ? ’ she asked , not understanding how seriously she had offended him .
5 It has not disclosed how much it thought these brands were worth .
6 I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan .
7 They had lost all sense of time and did not know how long their night had lasted , whether dawn was near or far .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon .
11 He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages .
12 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 .
13 In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it .
14 But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so .
15 When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay .
16 We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade .
17 I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm .
18 How can the council tax be easy to collect if the people who are responsible for collecting it simply do not know how much they must collect from each household ?
19 ‘ You do n't think , ’ Alida always said , ‘ you do not know how much we spend , simply to keep alive , you have no idea how much things cost .
20 Wives often do not know how much their husbands earn .
21 Many firms do not know how much it costs to relocate staff .
22 He looked at her with troubled eyes , but she could not know how much his answer was going to hurt .
23 This may be verbal and , strangely , the Act does not specify how long your notice should be .
24 It does not matter how well you may be able to see the model if you are unable to relate the information in terms of the action required .
25 Emphasize that it does not matter how badly one reads the paragraph as long as the situation is not avoided .
26 There was no ‘ correct ’ length of time which should elapse before she was ready to try , so it did not matter how long it took .
27 After the cold of the north , so frequently scoured by winds and battered by rain , she could not believe how frequently it shone — or how hot it became .
28 When an expert from Ford 's competitions department at Boreham approached the pair , John said , he could not believe how well they were going .
29 I do not remember how long we stayed at Jaipur but every day was packed with excitement .
30 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 .
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