Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb mod] probably [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 2 | Here oak is useful , because it does n't mind being soaked in water all winter , although it will probably split as it dries out in summer . |
| 3 | We were greeted by unnaturally cheerful ranger , who told us that there were 56 people on the list ahead of us so we did n't stand a chance and that it would probably rain anyway . |
| 4 | Home Office pathologist Dr Donald Wayte , of Bangor , told the court yesterday that it would probably have been impossible to get so much material into Mrs McMullen 's mouth if she had been conscious , as she would have been fighting for her life . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard comments that its current HP-UX 9.0.3 implementation already incorporates multithreading technology from Unix System V.3.2 , although that 's not a full multiprocessing version — like Unix System V.4 MP — that it would probably require . |
| 6 | HP says its current HP-UX 9.0.3 implementation already incorporates multithreading technology from Unix V.3.2 , although that 's not a full multiprocessing versions — like Unix SVR4 MP — that it would probably require . |
| 7 | ‘ I can drag you or I can carry you — except that it would probably kill me . ’ |
| 8 | He believes there must be a conference , and that it should probably include the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council . |
| 9 | The company told Reuter that it will probably set up a new company employing NeXT technicians to develop high-speed workstations . |
| 10 | The company told Reuter that it will probably set up a new company employing NeXT technicians to develop high-speed workstations . |
| 11 | It is so easy to guide the saw freehand that it will probably end up in the bottom drawer of many a tool box . |
| 12 | The company realises that it will probably have to pitch the offer at or near 10 per cent . |
| 13 | It is not enough to show that a screening test detects disease early , or even that it will probably save some lives . |
| 14 | But the Chinese Constitution contains all sorts of promises , too — so many that it could probably have been construed to forbid the People 's Liberation Army from shooting dead hundreds of unarmed civilians , and to prohibit the arbitrary arrest , summary trial or execution of thousands more . |
| 15 | The audience of willing females had shouted the answer so loudly that it could probably have been heard back in Monte Samana . |
| 16 | And it 'll probably come to you . |
| 17 | And it will probably give you some horrible skin disease too . ’ |
| 18 | It is said to be a nervous fish and it will probably benefit from the presence of other fish — acting as dither fish — to give it confidence . |
| 19 | ‘ So the repairs programme was begun in 1986 and it will probably continue until the end of this decade . |
| 20 | If it bursts then net the fish out and apply a tiny dab of TCP or Gentian Violet to disinfect the wound and it will probably heal up all by itself . |
| 21 | As her expression grew mutinous he added , ‘ We 're taking a little trip , and it will probably get cool later , hence the coat . ’ |
| 22 | Higher taxation on the scale proposed by Labour — and it will probably have to go higher still — is a depressant , the last thing that is needed . |
| 23 | Er well if it wa if it was it would be very convenient cos it would probably come out on the car park but er |
| 24 | Er , you should have , yeah , but it 'll probably arrive Friday , because I 'm a late replacement . |
| 25 | But it would probably matter to Father Kipling . ’ |
| 26 | Subduction along the continental margin would eventually cease , but it would probably continue along the outer edge of the island arc as oceanic lithosphere would still be available for subduction there . |
| 27 | Clearly the benefits of mahogany would have eventually become evident but it would probably have taken much longer . |
| 28 | The value of the grand unification energy is not very well known , but it would probably have to be at least a thousand million million GeV . |
| 29 | You would be confined to the building , naturally , and you would have to live in the cells , but it would probably save your life . ’ |
| 30 | It seemed quite shameless to me then but it would probably seem tame to today 's youngsters . |