Example sentences of "[be] [verb] they [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Shopkeepers have been told they ca n't protect themselves against ramraiders and smash and grab attacks because they 're in a conservation area . |
| 3 | I think they 've been told they ca n't have the money . |
| 4 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
| 9 | People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 13 | If that 's what United were thinking they could n't have been more wrong . |
| 14 | Neither of the Josephs speaks the language , they ca n't discuss things with Durance without your help , and because of the way the paintings were created they could n't trust anyone else . ’ |
| 15 | Exactly how the money will be invested is still to be decided , but pensioners are being assured they wo n't lose out . |
| 16 | He was saying they ca n't do their job they ca n't go out and get these proper bloody criminals |