Example sentences of "given a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |
| 3 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 4 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 5 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 6 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 7 | Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians . |
| 8 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 9 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 10 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 11 | Given a long life , we may come to understand one or two well enough . |