Example sentences of "[be] told 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 | ‘ Under no circumstances will any of those competitors who have been chosen be told they can not go . ’ |
| 8 | Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks . |
| 9 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
| 14 | People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We know of the anguish and sadness women feel at being told they may never have children , but what of the man — bluntly told he is unlikely to father a child ? |
| 17 | She complained to the police and the NSPCC but was told they could not act as there was no visible bruising on the boy . |