He had the ability to make long speeches without using notes.
It was the first long speech my father had made me learn.
It was a good long speech, so I had time to think.
There is no need to make a long speech, though.
David didn't understand any of what she said, and it was a fairly long speech.
She had never heard him make such a long speech.
One paper had a long speech of his reported in full.
He did not make a long speech, but it bad effect.
Some of the others said the same thing, and then Harris made a long speech.
Finally, it is very easy to write a long speech.