Example sentences of "long [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long did it go on for ? ’ |
| 2 | How long did it go on ? |
| 3 | How much weight do you remember losing on each , and for how long did it stay off ? |
| 4 | ‘ And how long did it stay behind the wall ? ’ |
| 5 | After you 'd had this erm punishment ere you expected to go back to your lessons straight away , how long did it hurt , did your hands |
| 6 | How long did it last ? |
| 7 | How long did it last for , that trouble ? |
| 8 | ‘ How long did it last ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How long did it last ? ’ |
| 10 | How long did it last ? |
| 11 | How long did it how long did it last ? |
| 12 | How did the team investigate and how long did it take ? |
| 13 | ‘ Well , how long did it take you to get over it ? ’ |
| 14 | How long did it take ? |
| 15 | How long did it take the pupils to join in the activity ? 3 . |
| 16 | And how long did it take before you felt settled in ? |
| 17 | If your subject has academic qualifications you could ask such questions as , ‘ How long did it take you to get your degree ? ’ ; |
| 18 | — How long did it take to explain ? |
| 19 | How long did it take to weave a spell ? |
| 20 | I took a Polaroid photograph and sent it to Colin Willock , our producer — but when I phoned him later , he said , ‘ How long did it take you to set that one up ? ’ ’ |
| 21 | ‘ How long did it take you to realise that ? ’ |
| 22 | How long did it take you for to come round ? |
| 23 | How long did it take you to dredge that length ? |
| 24 | ‘ We are strangers and how long did it take us — ten to fifteen minutes — to come here ? |
| 25 | How long did it take for your stomach to settle down then ? |
| 26 | How long did it take you to get that ? |
| 27 | You get these , sort of these painters you know saying , beautiful picture , how long did it take you to paint that ? |
| 28 | I appreciate Mr it 's now five years ago but how long did it take from when the door went down to you getting to the main bedroom ? |
| 29 | How long did it take from the time you started what was going to be the quick , silent operation until you finished and got in ? |
| 30 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |