Example sentences of "and [modal v] probably [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just told her that it might be interesting for me to get to know something of France , after all I was still young for University Entrance and could probably arrange to do some of the work here . |
| 2 | True , I had the somewhat grisly T-shirt and track-suit bottoms which had gamely seen me through a two-hour run-through , but they were in a state and could probably have walked unaided to the BBC on their own . |
| 3 | Her parents were told that Dawn had evidently suffered a stroke , and would probably recover to remain confined to a wheelchair . |
| 4 | Only the best were good enough to grace the amphitheatres ; a second class performance by man or beast was not tolerated and would probably lead to the inevitable ‘ thumbs down ’ . |
| 5 | In the wild , a barn owl would take refuge in a barn and would probably manage to catch mice there . |
| 6 | There are two safeguards however , such an Order requires the Secretary of State 's confirmation and would probably result in a public inquiry and should the local authority be successful s.170 of that Act provides that compensation is payable in respect or any exercise of the power . |
| 7 | The Labour Party would be relegated to the position of a group , and would probably sit below the gangway on the Liberal side of the House . |
| 8 | He was as hot against her as ever , and would probably remain so . |
| 9 | If the vulnerable organic layers did not exist teeth would not rot so easily but then they would be brittle and would probably break early in life . |
| 10 | Purists may not be too keen on the ‘ big band ’ approach , but these are nonetheless vital and energetic performances which convey much enthusiasm , and would probably serve as a more palatable introduction to seventeenth and eighteenth century music for the newcomer than some of the odder products of the ‘ authentic ’ movement . |
| 11 | FBI negotiators , who have not spoken with Koresh since Monday , said they were unaware of a request to provide a doctor and would probably refuse . |
| 12 | You attend any reviews about the client 's care and would probably escort the client to hospital where possible . |
| 13 | But when the house was enlarged in 1880 , it became rather ungainly and would probably benefit now from some judicious pruning . |
| 14 | Clearly , to compare and explain every line in the budgetary accounts would produce a vast amount of information and would probably benefit few . |
| 15 | All the police present were scathing of the legal system , saying that the stupid barrister was from [ name of legal firm ] , and would probably end up a judge . |
| 16 | She said she believed the adoption of the Social Charter would ‘ cause a great increase in unemployment not only in this country but in others as well , and would probably end in Fortress Europe ’ . |
| 17 | She said she believed the adoption of the Social Charter would ‘ cause a great increase in unemployment not only in this country but in others as well , and would probably end in Fortress Europe ’ . |
| 18 | Eight years earlier in Patrick Hamilton 's widely-acclaimed novel The Midnight Bell , the young Jews of Soho were presented with little more charity except the reservation that they were ‘ brigands rather than crooks , and would probably end , not in jail , but business . ’ |
| 19 | What was certain was that an announcement of the take-up rate would cause Blue Arrow 's share price to fall , and would probably damage County 's reputation . |
| 20 | Swimming was one thing , going for a drink was something else entirely , and would probably give him all sorts of ideas . |
| 21 | The sources said the operation would be run from a NATO air headquarters at Vicenza , in north-eastern Italy , and would probably include fighters from the United States , Britain and France . |
| 22 | It must surely be apparent that , with death visiting almost every family with such regularity , any attempt to mask or evade the reality of death could not have succeeded , and would probably have made the situation worse . |
| 23 | In our view , routine casework unsupported by an active programme of service development would have been of little value and would probably have degenerated into a frustrating cycle of ‘ patch and mend ’ crisis management . |
| 24 | I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here . |
| 25 | A compulsive polo watcher , he was familiar with many of the O'Briens ' horses and would probably have to rearrange the list when he saw which ones they were playing . |
| 26 | Paediatrics boss George Haycock said : ‘ Both children were extremely ill and would probably have died anyway . ’ |
| 27 | Usually he was in camouflage smock and holding an A.K. at the hip , and would probably have knocked half his pelvis off from the recoil if he had fired at that angle . |
| 28 | ‘ Very often , at Ealing , the Director himself would think up ideas for films and would probably have a lot to do with the genesis of the scripts as well . ’ |
| 29 | She was carrying more rivets than the average U-Boat and would probably have turned a compass away from Magnetic North . |
| 30 | Even though he had accepted general responsibility for his company 's operations , and would probably have agreed to print the books had the decision been referred to him , he could not be convicted unless he had been given specific notice of the offensive material . |