Example sentences of "[been] [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shopkeepers have been told they ca n't protect themselves against ramraiders and smash and grab attacks because they 're in a conservation area . |
| 2 | I think they 've been told they ca n't have the money . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |