Example sentences of "knew [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had looked at each other , disconcerted at this apparent lack of liaison , but McLeish had been reassuring : very natural that they had n't compared notes , extremely useful that he now knew how long the car had been there . |
| 2 | If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos . |
| 3 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |
| 4 | What was next , they knew already from the castle seneschal , was something called Open-Plan Go , Goodness knew how long that would take them to work out and play , assuming Quiss came back from his sulk . |
| 5 | Julius had said he would deal with this situation , but who knew how long it could take ? |
| 6 | Instead she was holed up for goodness knew how long with a man who clearly despised her — and not without reason , she admitted silently , leaning her forehead against the cold glass of the window . |
| 7 | She never knew how long she slept , but when she drifted back to consciousness she was aware even before opening her eyes that she was no longer alone in the room , and her body stiffened . |
| 8 | Shannon never knew how long she lay slumped on the floor , racked by the agony of Dane 's betrayal , immobilised by sheer unremitting pain , yet unable even to find relief in tears . |
| 9 | He never knew how long he sat there . |