Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] assumed that " in BNC.

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1 Barbara it 's , I 'd always assumed that people were probable born with asthma , but that 's not , not the case ?
2 I had just assumed that the only possible commentary game was West Ham vs Us. 8thvs9th or 2ndvs10 ? ?
3 I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause .
4 I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 I had foolishly assumed that the opportunity would be taken to eliminate a particularly hazardous S-bend and install a roundabout in its place thus easing the flow of the many cars , buses and lorries which use the road .
8 I I 've always assumed that that meant that it would be such a tremendous lever for the enemy to hold someone like that .
9 I 've always assumed that that was it , that erm , I do n't know .
10 So far , I have implicitly assumed that there is an ultimate theory .
11 The procedure for job applications and interviews is well known to most returners and I have therefore assumed that you do not need detailed guidance on this .
12 I have always assumed that the other side of the gate is private property and that somewhere deep within the woodland is a cottage .
13 However , I have always assumed that public nuisance was primarily concerned with the effect of the act complained of as opposed to its inherent lawfulness or unlawfulness .
14 I have always assumed that Brightside had it right and Dagenham was merely contributing a series of Gouldisms to the discussion .
15 She 'd automatically assumed that it was from Ryan , only of course it was n't , and if she had been thinking rationally before she would have known it could n't possibly have been from him .
16 She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about .
17 Which she foolishly assumed would be easy , because she had foolishly assumed that Irish villages were like English ones .
18 She had always assumed that something would happen , sometime , to sweep away her marital comfort .
19 Though she had no personal experience , she had always assumed that Jake would be a man of vigorous sexual appetites .
20 We 've always assumed that the country has enough water but the shortages of the last three or four years have shown this is not the case , ’ said Dr Neil Johnston , author of the report .
21 We have always assumed that animal protein was the necessary kind for human health .
22 He 'd always assumed that this was a piece of official terminology until one day he 'd asked what it meant , and found out that it stood for Another Fucking Drunk .
23 He had warned her that desire was all he had to offer her , and he had probably assumed that his warning had hit home .
24 He had therefore assumed that the preparation of a European plan would be broadly similar to the planning practices normally followed in the United States .
25 He had naively assumed that the Concorde ticket he had seen on her desk had been one she had gone out and bought in order to join him in New York .
26 Hers was not a type of female beauty which attracted him and he had always assumed that she was physically cold .
27 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 .
28 He had always assumed that John got it from Paul .
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