Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | e. you assumed the surgeon was a man . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's what the Romans said when they assumed the answer was no . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |