Example sentences of "[pron] were assume to be " in BNC.

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1 Still , the limping aircraft , which were assumed to be carrying arms , were not challenged .
2 A Labour Party spokesman said the Opposition accepted the principle of expatriate voting , but disapproved of ‘ disproportionate ’ Government effort and expense devoted to ‘ chasing ’ overseas voters who were assumed to be Tories .
3 The Home Office sent a detective to report on the movements of ‘ the French people ’ — they were assumed to be foreign as they did not have a Somerset accent .
4 Now they were assumed to be — well , gay , but not in the sense he acknowledged .
5 He was disappearing regularly into the bowels of the City to meet various moneypersons , all of whom were assumed to be faintly threatening male chauvinists .
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