Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eventually assumed that , by now , someone else must have written the animal version of Manwatching and recently I went to look for it . |
| 2 | Do n't misunderstand me , I did n't think the city would be backward , I just assumed that carriages would be as popular with tourists in London as they are , say in New York . |
| 3 | Do n't misunderstand me , I did n't think the city would be backward , I just assumed that carriages would be as popular with tourists in London as they are , say in New York . |
| 4 | I just assumed that he 'd be alone . |
| 5 | But I just assumed that it was . |
| 6 | Of course , I assume that you have feelings similar to mine , and I also assume that animals which are reasonably like us have feelings that are like ours . |
| 7 | I also assume that there is an ellipted main verb , the past tense copula were , but this is not immediately apparent on a first reading . |
| 8 | From the co-operative principle , I also assumed that my neighbour was telling the truth ( there was no evidence that she was lying , hallucinating , or playing a practical joke ) . |
| 9 | Ellen and I both assumed that Sweetman 's interest in Wavebreaker had been merely that of a prospective charterer who wanted to reconnoitre the boat 's amenities . |
| 10 | So I immediately assumed that this was what was happening to my own kids . |
| 11 | Instead , I simply assume that there must have been a valid reason for the cessation of emotional hostilities between us and have no desire to resume them . |
| 12 | Danov said : " I certainly assume that Zhivkov and some other people in his government who have paraded their innocence in the last few years will be indicted . " |
| 13 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
| 14 | I think you just assume that if you give somebody painkillers and they do n't work , oh that 's it ! |
| 15 | She usually assumed that look just before he succeeded in reducing her to tears . |
| 16 | What I 'm saying is , you always assume that that is people 's er albeit , which it is obviously is n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , so you see the few selected ones that come from other schools and you instantly assume that their school must be much more er much better looking than ours . |
| 19 | She also assumes that once a woman marries and has children she is financially provided for . |
| 20 | ‘ And you immediately assumed that you had outstayed your welcome and I would be thinking to myself , ‘ Mon Dieu , now I have to face that idiotic English girl . ’ |
| 21 | She immediately assumed that the malignancy of the stomach had not been cured and that he was dying . |
| 22 | Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations |
| 23 | If you then assumed that half the houses in the nation were converted to solar water heating in this way , you found find that you save one and a half percent of the primary fuel . |
| 24 | Since the long-run real growth rate in GDP in the UK is between 2.5 and 3 per cent , and if we additionally assume that the long-run inflation rate is 5 per cent , then a realistic estimate of the long-run nominal growth rate in earnings is around 8 per cent per annum . |
| 25 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 26 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 27 | We just assumed that certain charge carriers moved with certain velocities . |
| 28 | We generally assume that stress falls on DO when used for emphasis , as in I did see him . |
| 29 | We further assume that the demand for labour is a function of the real wage so that we can write where n t is the logarithm of the demand for labour or the level of employment at time t t w t is the logarithm of the nominal wage rate at time t t p t is the logarithm of the price level at time t t and α is a positive constant . |
| 30 | We usually assume that our minds can tell us a lot about what things are really like , but this is an idea which Proust , like Bergson , I may say , erm rather firmly rejects . |