Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] assumed the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd assumed the letter was identical in each case . |
| 2 | I think you 've assumed the answer to my question which was going to be to , addressed to Mr . |
| 3 | On this occasion she had assumed the dress and name of a working girl , Miss Jane Warton . |
| 4 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 5 | The Germans , indeed , had been so confused by British musketry that they had assumed the enemy was equipped with a plethora of machine-guns . |
| 6 | In other words , he has assumed the throne of the Kingdom . |
| 7 | Much of it had assumed the two women were guilty . |
| 8 | When he took up his pen again , it was as if he had assumed the annihilating impact of that wave : his books , he said , ‘ must be read as if they were the books of a dead man ’ . |