Sentence examples for be given a long from inspiring English sources

He could be given a long jail term; he could be convicted but sentenced merely to time served and released.

Chiellini claimed that the striker bit him during a ridiculous second-half clash and if Fifa agree, Suarez will surely be given a long ban to chew on.

Before leaving Belmont yesterday for his home base, 105 miles away at Philadelphia Park, the trainer John Servis would not commit to any race other than the Classic, while repeating that Smarty Jones would be given a long rest.

Novak, an 18-year-old defenseman from the Czech Republic who has been the surprise of camp, has opened enough eyes for one high-ranking member of the organization to say that he will be given a long look during the preseason.

Compare the comically dead and cloying Chaplin and the comically dead, cloying and simpering Lucille Ball (also overlooked but, then, she was only a bit player in a Stooge short) to understand why the philosophes of funny ought to be given a long and a wide berth.

You can still be given a long prison sentence for taking part in an activity that is fully legal under your state's laws.

"Locked Room was going to be given a long-service award - you know how they like to stick a gong on ideas before they die out completely.

Yet reality says neither will propose, for starters, a referendum asking the Syrian people if they want a despot's protector to be given a long-term lease on interference and the retention of a Russian military presence in their country as a quid pro quo for facilitating Assad's departure.

The government says that once it has assessed their means, residents will be given a long-term payment plan.

They called him "Dr Myron L Fox" and he was given a long, impressive, and fictitious CV.

Weiss was given a long introduction by Robert Vessot, a straightforward nuts-&-bolts type of physicist.