Sentence examples for were given an assignment from inspiring English sources

Years later, at university in a freshman English class, we were given an assignment: write in reaction to a painting.

"We were given an assignment to position ESPN.com as the premier sports site on the Internet as it faces competition from Fox and CNN, Mr. Crandalll said, referring to sports media owned by the News Corporation and AOL Time Warner.

Undaunted, the symposium participants divided into four groups and were given an assignment to come up with a $50,000 pilot research project in a half hour that would contribute to a better understanding of health disparities.

MarieDB, New York: When I was in a Catholic boarding school, age about 15 or 16, in the repressive early 1950s, we were given an assignment to write a paper on the works of a Catholic writer.

A bunch of Trinity students were given an assignment to measure the height of a flagpole.

Some MIT engineering students were given an assignment to prototype something based on the concept of "reduce, reuse, recycle".

All three were give an assignment on Discovery to determine which would be awarded the creative duties on the company's account, with billings estimated at $30 million.

When Duke made a trip to Colorado Springs for a Klan rally, Stallworth was given an assignment he could not believe: His supervisor assigned him to guard Duke.

"Nobody was given an assignment.

About six months ago I was given an assignment to develop a new product.

Recently, one student she tutors was given an assignment with prescribed sentence length and rigid structure.