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 . |