Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] they [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If that 's what United were thinking they could n't have been more wrong . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He was saying they ca n't do their job they ca n't go out and get these proper bloody criminals |