Example sentences of "assume [pers pn] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There are also red-painted railings , on which I assume I am invited to lean .
2 ‘ I assume you 're using the word ‘ nice ’ in the true sense of ‘ neat ’ , as in the neatly ruthless deals I 'm sure he 's notorious for clinching , or the neat asset-stripping technique which I dare say he 's renowned for ? ’
3 Some local authorities also assume you 're getting family credit , even if you have n't claimed it , and so reduce your housing benefit .
4 Some local authorities also assume you 're getting family credit , even if you have n't claimed it , and so reduce your housing benefit .
5 Some local authorities also assume you 're getting family credit , even if you have n't claimed it , and so reduce your housing benefit .
6 ‘ I assume you 're giving it to celebrate my arrival in Brussels ? ’
7 I assume you are using a proper aquarium sea salt mix , as other salts , while providing the correct specific gravity ( 1.002 ) , will only give a neutral pH , whereas you need 7.6–8.0 .
8 When she did n't immediately react , he went on drily , ‘ I assume you are intending to eat tonight ?
9 As only a few questionnaires were returned we assume you are giving us carte blanche to handle the newsletter as we feel fit !
10 Use the diagrams and in all cases assume you are approaching from road ( a ) .
11 Because they assume you were writing from knowledge .
12 I assume you were asking me if I got any remarks last
13 ‘ Sometimes , now , we lose focus and assume we 're going to win . ’
14 If you 're in the situation where you 're waiting to come onto the roundabout , you see somebody who 's indicated left , you assume they 're gon na turn off so you pull onto the roundabout and they 're not ,
15 I 'd just like to say that only Conservatives could actually put need in one paragraph and slip straight into financial in the next and I assume they 're talking about the same thing .
16 When people talk together about marriage they often assume they are discussing the same thing .
17 ‘ I assume they were brought here in a spacecraft , ’ Rosheen continued .
18 ‘ I assume it 's caffeinated ? ’ she asked in her thin voice .
19 I Assume he is taking his 8 grand a week elsewhere these days .
20 If you do n't tell him it though and you assume he 's gon na to pick it up just by looking at your eyes he 's not going to or she 's not going to pick it up .
21 Erm , because I was going out for half past two and er , she rang , she says he has n't rung yet so I assume he 's going to be home .
22 But I assume he was telling me that they 'll ask for Harry Maxim and the Committee would rather he did n't go . ’
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