Example sentences of "i assume [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Superintendent , I assumed they were the source of the information in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | A FUNNY GAME ‘ WHEN we got a 12-horsepower roller I assumed we were getting a horse as well ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , I du n no why , I sort of oh yes well , I assumed we were going and then he said it was too expensive . |
| 4 | At the time I assumed she was thinking of Dennis , but I now wonder if she had a premonition of her own fate . |
| 5 | For a long time I assumed she was joking , but not only was I wrong , I was also ignorant of the hard facts of life about the value of students with special needs and the staff who work with them . |
| 6 | I assumed she was one of Bella 's lot . |
| 7 | ‘ I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’ |
| 8 | Potential new readers of Spare Rib would not think of looking under that section for a women 's magazine , and I assumed it was a mistake on the part of overworked staff . |
| 9 | ‘ I assumed it was Pinder going to see Pamela Berry . ’ |
| 10 | She would n't give any explanation , so I assumed it was to collect a present that was too big to hide at home , like a bike or something . |
| 11 | I assumed it was just journalistic surmise but obviously , from the sound of your friend on the phone , it struck home . ’ |
| 12 | At least I assumed it was Toby . |
| 13 | As it was in a tank with fish I assumed it was aquatic . |
| 14 | ‘ I assumed it was a KGB trap , ’ Volkov admitted . |
| 15 | I assumed it was a woman . |
| 16 | I assumed it was someone in the police or customs . ’ |
| 17 | I assumed it was coincidence , seeing him in Wexford , and then finding him staying in the same hotel . |
| 18 | I assumed it was something to do with domestic machinery . ’ |
| 19 | When you had the nightmare , I assumed it was because you 'd had a lot of men without ever reaching any kind of genuine ecstasy with them . ’ |
| 20 | Now I assumed it was , it had come from somewhere else . |
| 21 | Oh no I assumed it was just here and . |
| 22 | I assumed I was suffering from dandruff but it has n't cleared up . |
| 23 | I assumed I was just too ordinary to interest you — in that way . ’ |
| 24 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 25 | He could tell I fancied her myself , so I assumed he was just making sure I knew how the land lay . |
| 26 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 27 | From where I was out in the audience I could n't see what Clarence White was doing — so I assumed he was playing bottleneck |
| 28 | ‘ I assumed he was unmarried and I was used to men coming on to me , ’ she says . |
| 29 | I assumed he was off to his parents ' pavillon to make a telephone call . |
| 30 | Like the rest of his friends , I assumed he was going to run it , put money into it ; develop it . |