Example sentences of "[be] [verb] they ca [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 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
| 4 | People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was saying they ca n't do their job they ca n't go out and get these proper bloody criminals |