Example sentences of "give a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually the microscope will provide a wider viewing field but a short working distance , whilst the telescope give a longer working distance but smaller field of view . |
| 2 | Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it . |
| 3 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 4 | Given a long life , we may come to understand one or two well enough . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 10 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 13 | To conclude that the potential for peasant revolution against the status quo remained undiminished in the decade after 1905 does not of course , dispose of the liberal contention that given a longer period of peaceful development the prospects would have changed . |
| 14 | The outbreak of hostilities had the immediate effect of silencing most of those within Congress who had spoken out against war , and effectively removed the argument that sanctions should be given a longer period in which to work . |
| 15 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 16 | The document also contains a clause stating that each EC country can continue to give a longer period of maternity leave , which must be paid at 80% of women 's wages . |
| 17 | Giving a long sigh , she chewed on her lip for a moment as she wondered how to explain the other things that were bothering her . |
| 18 | Giving a long shudder , she turned too quickly and white powder cascaded back to the floor . |
| 19 | Donna Willoughby at Mahogany gives a long fringe a new masculine twist for '92 |
| 20 | Sliding her hands round to his flat stomach , she lightly ran her fingers through the hair arrowing down from his navel and he gave a long shudder . |
| 21 | Mr Donovan gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 22 | With one hand smoothing her unruly hair , and the other resting on her hip , he gave a long sigh of contentment . |
| 23 | Folding her against him , he gave a long sigh , then moved her back so that he could look into her face . |
| 24 | Leaning back in her chair , Mrs McMahon gave a long sigh . |
| 25 | She gave a long sigh . |
| 26 | When the secretary had at last left them , she lay back in her chair and gave a long sigh of exasperation . |
| 27 | They went out quietly and she gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 28 | On Europe , the Leader of the Opposition gave a long answer during the Queen 's Speech debate on 31 October . |