Example sentences of "not [vb infin] how [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , for the reason mentioned above , I can not predict how quickly we can progress the matter . |
| 2 | I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan . |
| 3 | They had lost all sense of time and did not know how long their night had lasted , whether dawn was near or far . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so . |
| 11 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
| 12 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
| 13 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Wives often do not know how much their husbands earn . |
| 17 | Many firms do not know how much it costs to relocate staff . |
| 18 | He looked at her with troubled eyes , but she could not know how much his answer was going to hurt . |
| 19 | This may be verbal and , strangely , the Act does not specify how long your notice should be . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Emphasize that it does not matter how badly one reads the paragraph as long as the situation is not avoided . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When an expert from Ford 's competitions department at Boreham approached the pair , John said , he could not believe how well they were going . |
| 25 | I do not remember how long we stayed at Jaipur but every day was packed with excitement . |
| 26 | I can not tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth . |
| 27 | Most people do not realise how much they could increase their pleasure , success and income by reading faster and more accurately . |
| 28 | 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 . " |
| 29 | When Boswell , hearing his praise of it , said , perhaps enquiringly , ‘ You never ate it before , ’ Johnson replied that he had hot but did not care how soon he ate it again . |
| 30 | Just at this moment d'Alembord did not care how late they would be . |