Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] 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 | Shopkeepers have been told they ca n't protect themselves against ramraiders and smash and grab attacks because they 're in a conservation area . |
| 4 | I think they 've been told they ca n't have the money . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Under no circumstances will any of those competitors who have been chosen be told they can not go . ’ |
| 10 | If the drains are blocked they will undoubtedly smell , but there will be other symptoms of the blockage as well . |
| 11 | If underwriters are involved they will usually wish to appoint solicitors to represent their own interests . |
| 12 | Benefits are permanent , as once fat cells are removed they can not return . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
| 15 | Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks . |
| 16 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
| 21 | People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They are built of the teak , polished and varnished , and are well adapted to the Underground , whereas if ordinary coloured coaches were run they would soon show the dirt — as do the G.W. ‘ And now , ’ said Mr Coker , ‘ you shall see some of our crack rolling-stock — the finest trains in the Kingdom ’ . |
| 28 | Only because it is assumed that if people understood the system in which they were involved they would not put up with it , and it would not go on . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Exactly how the money will be invested is still to be decided , but pensioners are being assured they wo n't lose out . |