Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume that [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happiness ( or unhappiness ) was not mentioned , and I assumed that it was of subsidiary importance . |
| 2 | With the egocentricity of all human creatures , exacerbated by my youth and misery I assumed that I was the cause and source of this lack of comfort and stirred myself to attempt to dispel it . |
| 3 | Can I assume that it was cleared through the Cabinet Office ? |
| 4 | You , you , you assumed that he was flying as a , as a fare paying passenger erm and when he started , when you s then started saying how many miles do you do Steve went straight back to talk about car travel . |
| 5 | Right , erm I 've actually got down that erm you assumed that his wife was n't a tax pay sorry , his wife was n't a tax payer and you assumed that she was n't working but you did actually pick back up on that later that she was n't that she was n't going back to work after having the children so erm tt that is now irrelevant but it was at the time that you were saying it , that you did n't actually pick it up . |
| 6 | It was arrogant of you to assume that I was inadequate ! |
| 7 | Could we assume that he was put in the river within an hour of being killed ? " |
| 8 | The inconsistency of demanding frankness and openness from the African while practising a form of government depending largely on influence wielded behind closed doors seems not to have troubled the British ; they assumed that it was precisely their own qualities of straightforwardness and transparent honesty which would effect the required transformation in the African character . |
| 9 | They assumed that it was legal before the third month , and only illegal when procured . |
| 10 | In particular they assumed that it was possible , at any given moment , to make reasonably precise comparisons of the real strength of the States concerned , to estimate accurately the advantages of Britain 's wealth as against Russia 's population or Prussia 's efficient bureaucracy . |
| 11 | He assumed that someone was contributing ; it was ‘ in the air ’ and ‘ in the atmosphere ’ ; but he was too busy to ask questions , and , besides , you never knew what might be ‘ compartmented or committed or authorized ’ . |
| 12 | He assumed that it was exhausted , wasted by the work at the end of the long winter , and he blamed himself . |