Example sentences of "[pron] assume [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed the square was a ditch surrounding the site , as ditches often show as dark lines . |
| 2 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 3 | oh , good , huh , I assumed the answer was no |
| 4 | For example , if I assume a man is honest when in fact he is a rogue , he may cheat me when I trust him . |
| 5 | Looking at who played , I assume the line-up was . |
| 6 | ‘ I — er — I assume the house is empty now . |
| 7 | Any version of the resulting constitution which assumes the contrary is no more entitled to respect than the argument that the United Kingdom has lacked constitutional government since King James II threw the Great Seal into the Thames . |
| 8 | e. you assumed the surgeon was a man . |
| 9 | If we assume no tax being paid on earnings , but paid instead on spending , few of us would object to VAT on general goods being increased . |
| 10 | In criticising the text-as-product view of cohesion in text , Morgan ( 1979 ) argues that we see a link between a particular pronoun and a full noun phrase in a text because we assume the text is coherent and not because the pronoun ‘ refers back ’ to the noun phrase . |
| 11 | Answer guide : If we assume the rent is paid in arrears then the entries would be to reduce cash and charge an expense of £50 . |
| 12 | It 's what the Romans said when they assumed the answer was no . |
| 13 | He can call his bluff and ask to see the quotations ; he can take the initiative by stating that he assumes the buyer is wishing for him to justify his price ; or , if flushed with the confidence of past success , he can say ‘ Then I advise you to accept one of them . ’ |
| 14 | He assumed the mural was being discarded and took it to his studio , hoping to repair and perhaps eventually sell it , as he had done with other works from that period . |
| 15 | Let us assume the player is unsure where to begin ; he knows only that his chord playing is below par and wishes to improve it . |