Example sentences of "had always assumed [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always assumed that something would happen , sometime , to sweep away her marital comfort . |
| 2 | Henry had always assumed that this was due , on her part , to an entirely natural physical repugnance for him ; she moved away from him as one might move away from a bad smell or a dangerous horse . |
| 3 | He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage . |
| 4 | I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause . |
| 5 | Knowing the King , as he believed , Nicholas had always assumed that now , through his placing at table , Zacco would take his chance to belittle in public this favoured commander who had failed to give him his kingdom as promised . |
| 6 | Hers was not a type of female beauty which attracted him and he had always assumed that she was physically cold . |
| 7 | I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this . |
| 8 | AS a regular reader of Rugby World & Post , I had always assumed that your Postbag items were selected to instruct , inform , amuse or provoke constructive debate . |
| 9 | In her innocence , Constance had always assumed that it was an activity that took place in bed . |
| 10 | He could always claim of course that he knew nothing of the layout of the engine-room and had always assumed that there had to be a reserve tank or that in a panic-stricken concern for the welfare of his beloved niece he had quite forgotten that there was no such tank . |
| 11 | She was not at all beautiful , but even with her likeness before me I had always assumed that she must be , since she carried such conviction in her forgotten words and her enduring appearance . |
| 12 | No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination . |
| 13 | He had always assumed that John got it from Paul . |
| 14 | For that reason , Sabine had always assumed that her mother was a Parisienne by birth . |
| 15 | Though she had no personal experience , she had always assumed that Jake would be a man of vigorous sexual appetites . |