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Example sentences of "given a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Taking his troubles to his doctor , he was given a long prescription , which he presented to the chemist without first reading it .
2	Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add .
3	Given a long life , we may come to understand one or two well enough .
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	If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’
6	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 .
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	I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence .
10	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 .
11	‘ 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 ’ .
12	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 .
13	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 .