Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
| 2 | Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks . |
| 3 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | Fair enough , but some were saying they could nt pass the 11+ exams : - ) O'Leary should be back to provide the lacking experience . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | All the information they possessed had probably been got out of them , but if they were released they would simply disappear . |
| 16 | The women remained firm that unless the entire order was completed they would not pay for the hot whiskies . |
| 17 | If the old man was dying they 'd maybe let the old lady come and see him or vice versa . |
| 18 | A PUBLIC relations stunt to prove that Charles and Diana have patched up their troubled marriage backfired last night when it was revealed they will still sleep in separate beds . |
| 19 | She complained to the police and the NSPCC but was told they could not act as there was no visible bruising on the boy . |
| 20 | He was saying they ca n't do their job they ca n't go out and get these proper bloody criminals |
| 21 | If she told them what she was doing they would probably support her , probably do as good a job for her as they did for Nina . |
| 22 | ‘ I was determined they would not repeat their lesson . |
| 23 | Norman Collar was determined they should not slow down and he and Joan took an active part in delivering meals on wheels and ran a Red Cross hospital trolley service . |