Example sentences of "[pron] be probably just [adv] well " in BNC.

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1 Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them .
2 ( Nobody knows the exact date , which is probably just as well : to categorize a house like this can take away some of its romance . )
3 Which is probably just as well , since the film roles have proved elusive .
4 THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while .
5 Julie T Wallace has never been a shrinking violet — which is probably just as well , as it would be almost impossible for her to fade quietly into the background .
6 The PR lady had thankfully disappeared by the time we reached the Wigmore Street entrance to St Christopher 's Place , which was probably just as well .
7 The children have grown to accept the sooty-faced character with the icicle depending from his nose and the drum of oil as some weird kind of minstrel , and it 's probably just as well . ’
8 It 's probably just as well for all concerned at the club that I should hang my boots up for a while .
9 ‘ Then it 's probably just as well .
10 It 's probably just as well I 'm leaving for the States on Saturday week . ’
11 It 's probably just as well I have n't been near you for the last week .
12 It 's probably just as well for you that you did n't , ’ he returned curtly .
13 Someone moved me out , sooner or later , and it was probably just as well , for my attempts to find anyone to talk to had not prospered .
14 As things turned out , it was probably just as well that I was brought gently back to earth by Beryl , who from one of the Trust 's head offices masterminds the working holidays with military precision , advised me that the only available option was a 21-plus Acorn Project at Clumber park in Nottinghamshire .
15 It was probably just as well .
16 And she added , ‘ It was probably just as well .
17 It was probably just as well .
18 It was probably just as well .
19 The former nurse said : ‘ It was probably just as well I knew what to do from my nursing days . ’
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