Example sentences of "probably did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flying forwards is exactly the same as hovering in a wind except that you now have consciously to do things which you probably did automatically in the hover . |
| 2 | Although they had already proved their skills with other publications , this book probably did most to signal the arrival of the Japanese as major quality printers in western markets . |
| 3 | Thomson , for instance , was reported to have sold 400,000 1986 holidays in two weeks in November 1985 at the height of the price war , and other main operators probably did equally well . |
| 4 | It probably did not help Lendl 's mood that the net posts were adorned , in large letters , with the words ‘ ATP Tour ’ . |
| 5 | When István Széchenyi Proposed the regulation of Hungary 's rivers , he probably did not realise that his suggestion would eventually lead , later in the century , to the three little islands in the Danube , just a couple of miles upstream from central Budapest , being girdled together by a retaining wall . |
| 6 | Because farmers , like people in other industries , thought it would never happen to them , the safety angle probably did not assume the importance it deserved . |
| 7 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 8 | Mary 's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much . |
| 9 | After Palace 's promotion to Division Two Albert was plagued by injuries , but he appeared in our historic 6–0 FA Cup rout of Everton at Goodison Park in January 1922 so he probably did not complain . |
| 10 | In my view , Ivanov probably did not spy , in the conventional sense , during his 18 months in Britain , simply because he managed to produce spectacular results for his employers without subterfuge . |
| 11 | True crocodilian did not appear until the mid-Triassic , although they probably did not differ much from their late Permian ancestors . |
| 12 | Chairman Colin Willcocks said : ‘ The thieves probably did not realise all the takings were removed . |
| 13 | Mr Lindsey was predicting in early January that the majority of customers this year would probably opt for a variable rate , on the basis that they probably did not believe interest rates would drop very much further . |
| 14 | Convents of mere women probably did not have much access to precious books in those days before printing . |
| 15 | But something told her that she probably did not . |
| 16 | Tolkien probably did not approve , thinking this mere flattery . |
| 17 | He probably did not , for instance , personally admire either Milton or Wordsworth : the one was a Protestant , a divorcer , and a spokesman for regicides , the other a tinkerer with medievalism and a linguistic critic of the most ignorant type . |
| 18 | He probably did not see his wife or children while he remained there . |
| 19 | In other words , the project probably did not change schools , but change may have been most likely to occur in schools which were open to the innovation and to the ideas of equality presented by the project . |
| 20 | In historically accurate terms these settled states had ceased to be colonies fourteen years before Howard 's death , but that probably did not much matter south and west of the Red River which forms the north-east boundary of what was then known as Tejas , or Tehas . |
| 21 | A pair of spectacles and 40s. worth of books set the late ( graduate ) vicar of Whitchurch somewhat apart from his parishioners , who probably did not appreciate his erudition , yet his private collection was certain to be innocent of both profound and frivolous titles , limited to practical works such as collections of sermons , primers of divinity and apologetics , plus , naturally , his Breviary , perhaps too a copy of the Vulgate , or Latin scriptures . |
| 22 | His own sister , Miriam , the Collector probably did not know , had subsequently married Dr McNab and they , too , had remained in India . |
| 23 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 24 | ( These natives , however , probably did not usurp citizenship in any numbers . ) |
| 25 | The consensus view seems to be that he probably did not . |
| 26 | I think he probably did not so regard it for he said : ‘ She is independent minded and strong minded enough for her will not to be readily overborne by her husband . ’ |
| 27 | He probably did not even notice . |
| 28 | The exclusion of two children with non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma ( whose parents could not be traced ) probably did not affect the results . |
| 29 | After the Leeds Congress Maginn was plainly a disappointed man and probably did not altogether approve of the BDDA 's leadership . |
| 30 | The population of Halling during this period probably did not exceed a hundred . |