Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] assume that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I can assume that you made your decision and that condolences are not required . |
| 2 | We also yes I must remind you that we have read the papers so I do n't necessarily want to go through it word by word line by line er but obviously when you want to make a point you will refer back to those papers but do n't you must assume that we have read them and that everybody else has read them . |
| 3 | I do n't think you could assume that they evaporated . |
| 4 | Now you can assume that whoever put him in just made a mistake , or panicked , and could n't find enough bullets , or something , but the careful cutting out of all those clothes labels does n't look like panic , or making careless mistakes . |
| 5 | You can assume that I mean legitimate , ethical and otherwise proper methods . |
| 6 | If the new work is given to you in a lecture , you can assume that you require two hours of study for each hour of lecture — for reading of the subject before the lecture , and as a first review ( " within the first 24 hours ) . |
| 7 | When we would expect a feeling to be expressed to some extent by both partners but instead one person is quite overcome with emotion while the other is apparently untouched , we may assume that one carries and expresses the feeling for both . |
| 8 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 9 | But if his history did not go down to 63 B.C. we must assume that he wrote a separate monograph on the wars of Pompey ; the difference is not great . |
| 10 | We must assume that you know how to express yourself in sentences . |
| 11 | Mary , you must try and transfer it , do n't you , because you ca n't see that Jo 's handset 's off the hook , we 'll assume that we know that , okay , we 'll cheat , we 'll try and call park it . |
| 12 | Hubble noted that certain types of stars always have the same luminosity when they are near enough for us to measure ; therefore , he argued , if we found such stars in another galaxy , we could assume that they had the same luminosity — and so calculate the distance to that galaxy . |
| 13 | We shall assume that you have come to work but not to do it all the time . |
| 14 | As we go to press , FRS 3 has still not been issued , but we shall assume that it follows the lines of FRED 1 . |
| 15 | We will assume that we do n't know that there is structural change in this data , although a priori , we might expect it . |
| 16 | As we will see , there is some doubt as to whether the distinction between jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional errors of law still exists in modern law , but for the sake of this discussion we will assume that it does . |
| 17 | ‘ Then perhaps we can assume that she does n't exist , ’ said Penelope . |
| 18 | If the subject prefers to look at one stimulus rather than another we can assume that he has detected a difference between them . |
| 19 | we can assume that it means the piano . |
| 20 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |