Example sentences of "[pron] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed that a medieval abbey had been restored , as at Holy Cross . |
| 2 | I assumed that this was more than an architectural whim , but might have some connection with conservation of land in this predominantly agricultural country . |
| 3 | ‘ Since you had not been here for a fortnight , ’ he said , ‘ I assumed that you had completed your enquiries . ’ |
| 4 | My attackers had scattered and I assumed that a teacher was approaching along the corridor . |
| 5 | I assumed that even if the words were n't actually pronounced , one sensed it . |
| 6 | I assumed that the major problems would be financial — the Centre now has to make a considerable charge to cover their costs — and one of occupancy . |
| 7 | Gullible child of the age that I am , I assumed that someone , some where , had invented a machine that accepted complete walnuts at one end and dispensed perfect halves ( and shells ) at the other . |
| 8 | The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife . |
| 9 | I assumed that open string resonance must be enhanced by this . |
| 10 | I assumed that since the author was not black , the appearance of Africanist characters or narrative or idiom in a work could never be about anything other than the ‘ normal ’ , unracialised , illusory white world that provided the fictional backdrop . |
| 11 | ‘ I assumed that because he might be busy working during the week he was being helpful in offering to visit me that afternoon . ’ |
| 12 | Both Sir Thomas and I assumed that distance and the fickleness of youth would take care of the matter , ’ continued Elizabeth Mowbray . |
| 13 | I 'd look better blonde and I assumed that I could wash the colour out before my parents saw : I must have been naive to think that bleach would affect my hair differently from anything else . |
| 14 | Happiness ( or unhappiness ) was not mentioned , and I assumed that it was of subsidiary importance . |
| 15 | I assumed that the ‘ B ’ motif was drawn against the right-hand edge of the mylar sheet , that is with the right edge of the motif on the sixtieth stitch of the mylar sheet . |
| 16 | He wrote in his 1981 biography : ‘ I assumed that his death was due to an accidental drug overdose . ’ |
| 17 | THE MOMENT Morrissey unfurled that Union Jack I knew he was in trouble , I assumed that the ‘ Is Morrissey A Racist ? ’ debate was a discredited old chestnut , but now it 's back , bigger than ever . |
| 18 | Tala-Tala even had its own home-made harbour , a kind of inner lagoon in the outer lagoon , obviously a laboriously built , three-sided breakwater , in which I assumed that every stone must have been carried by hand or on rollers to afford protection for the boats it enclosed . |
| 19 | ‘ She talked about ‘ Debbie 's flat ’ not ‘ our flat ’ so I assumed that they do n't live together . |
| 20 | I was very worried when I found it was quads , because I assumed that there would just be more complications and we 'd end up with nothing again . |
| 21 | I assumed that somewhere in our contracts there was a clause in which we relinquished our rights to our own nationalities . |
| 22 | In this calculation , I assumed that if two women worked in the same office and had the same surname ( provided it was not a very common one ) but different Christian names , then they were sisters . |
| 23 | But as she frowned more and more , and did not turn a page , I assumed that the gipsy 's words were more important to her than she wanted us to think . |
| 24 | Right from the beginning I assumed that we were going to have to work at interesting the press in the story . |
| 25 | Bri and I assumed that he 'd had enough of his countrymen and wanted to tune out . |
| 26 | Judging by his office suite , and his strictly localized charisma , I assumed that the old people were partly in Kreditor 's care . |
| 27 | With the egocentricity of all human creatures , exacerbated by my youth and misery I assumed that I was the cause and source of this lack of comfort and stirred myself to attempt to dispel it . |
| 28 | After my warnings and reports , and then Tony 's murder , [ says Coleman ] I assumed that somebody would have the CIA on the carpet and close NARCOG down . |
| 29 | Anyway , I assumed that " this unit here in the white bikini was relishing the banter and the rug-wisdom . |
| 30 | I assumed that Rimbo was one of our friends from the developing world , like Fenton Akimbo . |