Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Parkinsons were not encouraged to travel to Spain from the USA . |
| 2 | Protocol was strict in a less democratic age ; members of the Engineer 's staff were not permitted to speak to students unless spoken to , and all maintenance staff were issued with two sets of overalls and instructed to keep one set spotlessly clean . |
| 3 | HE WAS NOT ALLOWED to go to school again until Thursday morning , by which time the missing button had been replaced on the collar of his shirt and he was wearing a pair of smart new shoes of polished black leather and knee-length grey socks with a dark red band around their tops . |
| 4 | He was not allowed to go to Brussels for the European premiere of his play The Crucible . |
| 5 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't scheduled to go to Prague then . |
| 7 | But , like the hundreds of cheering spectators , he was still miffed David was n't chosen to go to India on the winter tour . |