Example sentences of "they knew that [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 2 | For they knew that they could , in an instant , pounce upon their debtors and obtain payment for themselves even if all other demands went unsatisfied . |
| 3 | When my sons went to the village school there was respect and they knew that they could not ‘ nannick ’ about in school , even if they did while on the way there . |
| 4 | And they knew that they could expect no reinforcements from Scotland while they could have no certainty that a second force was not closing in behind them from England , since clearly their movements had been known , and their return anticipated . |
| 5 | The Fontanellatesi knew where his real sympathies lay , and they knew that he could not refuse to do as he was asked . |