Example sentences of "give a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mr Donovan gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 12 | With one hand smoothing her unruly hair , and the other resting on her hip , he gave a long sigh of contentment . |
| 13 | When the secretary had at last left them , she lay back in her chair and gave a long sigh of exasperation . |
| 14 | They went out quietly and she gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 15 | On Europe , the Leader of the Opposition gave a long answer during the Queen 's Speech debate on 31 October . |