Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume that [pron] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote in his 1981 biography : ‘ I assumed that his death was due to an accidental drug overdose . ’ |
| 2 | No I assume that your file is not one of those . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Again , should you assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him , or can you assume that he is a lawyer so that a hint is sufficient ? |
| 5 | When , for instance , someone in our family dies , we assume that our bereavement is due to witchcraft . |
| 6 | He assumes that his family is not only as old as the hills , but rather more structural , and that nature , although on the whole a good idea — ‘ a little low , perhaps , when not enclosed with a park-fence ’ — is none the less ‘ dependent for its execution on your great county families ’ . |