The phrase "assumed something of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone has taken for granted or believed something about a person or situation.
Example: "She assumed something of his intentions without asking for clarification."
Alternatives: "presumed something about" or "took something for granted regarding".
Cameron may have assumed something of Tony Blair's every-guy persona, but in terms of his background he belongs to an older tradition.
Because this music expressed the significance or the moods of the text, a great range of expression was required from the singers, who, in these polyphonic works, assumed something of the function of a vocal orchestra.
Partly by reaction, Sāsānian Persia strengthened the ecclesiastical organization that served its Zoroastrian religion; intolerance and persecution became the order of the day within Persia, and strife between the empires assumed something of the character of religious warfare.
By 1937, according to Captain Stephen Roskill, "the concept of the 'Main Fleet to Singapore' had, perhaps through constant repetition, assumed something of the inviolability of Holy Writ".
But it is assuming something of the mantle of that tragedy -- a vivid stain on America's conscience.
So he sets out to track down his old comrades, to ask them what they remember, and so the animation surreally assumes something of oral history and psychoanalysis as well as personal drama.
Three of these laptop cases will only fit a 13″ Macbook or MacBook Air (or, I assume, something of similar size, although they don't deign to mention Vaios or anything), and only the Postino will fit all sizes.
Sure, he could have been thinking that, but it's not even vaguely reasonable or considerate to assume something so vile of a person you've never talked to before (especially a person with no known history of thinking things like that).
She went back to the man and said, I assume, something to the effect of "This is not our cab".
From the outset, commentators of all persuasions assumed something like the opposite — assumed it openly if their instant impulse was accusatory, implicitly if it was defensive.
PCPs'/ Patients' concern Did the GP assumed something serious?
