Example sentences of "[be] [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Ward says when the forms are revised they will also include more questions about sexual abuse and the therapeutic work being undertaken . |
2 | He says they should n't carry much money and if they are threatened they should never resist . |
3 | well yes I do tha you 've done this before , that this buffet thing , it 's quite nice , people can sort of like , if they 're staying they can just say y leave it out and you sa eat whenever you want to really in n it ? |
4 | yeah , that 's what I thought and , but if that was n't bad enough , my mum because she knows these things , even said that he does n't even say ho , ho , ho , Green Giant , does n't , they do n't even sing that song when they 're working they could n't sing , and you know the little corn on the cob man |
5 | Shopkeepers have been told they ca n't protect themselves against ramraiders and smash and grab attacks because they 're in a conservation area . |
6 | I think they 've been told they ca n't have the money . |
7 | The constables , two male and one female , all uniformed and stationed in Ipswich , have been told they will not face a criminal prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service . |
8 | They 've been told they can only get they 're money back from the sale of assets , when the comnpany goes into receivership at the end of April . |
9 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |
10 | He contacted the South Africans who had been told they could n't meet a council delegation independently and invited them to a meeting in Darlington town hall . |
11 | ‘ Under no circumstances will any of those competitors who have been chosen be told they can not go . ’ |
12 | If the drains are blocked they will undoubtedly smell , but there will be other symptoms of the blockage as well . |
13 | If underwriters are involved they will usually wish to appoint solicitors to represent their own interests . |
14 | On the other hand , being box shifters , they may not care what software they ship and some people are betting they 'll both wind up licensing from Microsoft . |
15 | On the other hand , being box shifters , they may not care what software they ship anyway and some people are betting they 'll both wind up licensing Windows from Microsoft . |
16 | Benefits are permanent , as once fat cells are removed they can not return . |
17 | They can issue an Enforcement Notice to cease an unauthorised use or remove an offending development and in the latter case , once the Enforcement Notice has been issued they can also make a Stop Notice which requires all work to cease in a short period , often seven days , until the Enforcement Notice is confirmed or quashed . |
18 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
19 | Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks . |
20 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
21 | In the most draconian punishment ever handed out to Scottish internationalists , Billy Bremner , Joe Harper , Pat McCluskey , Willie Young and Arthur Graham were told they would never play for their country again . |
22 | But this soon coincided with a clampdown on public expenditure and councils were told they could n't spend as much as they wanted on housing . |
23 | And then a fortnight before the end of the , the summer holidays they were told they could n't have the dining hall because the day after the Freemasons were having their |
24 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
25 | People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out . |
26 | These people are being told they ca n't have anywhere to live because two trees are going to be cut down , which is a real shame . |
27 | We know of the anguish and sadness women feel at being told they may never have children , but what of the man — bluntly told he is unlikely to father a child ? |
28 | When the Prime Minister said on Tuesday that if the Conservatives were re-elected they would not increase VAT , was he giving the House and the country a categorical assurance ? |
29 | He , He went into hospital and they said erm that it 's the muscles of his heart that were affected they could n't do anything more for him ! |
30 | Fair enough , but some were saying they could nt pass the 11+ exams : - ) O'Leary should be back to provide the lacking experience . |