Example sentences of "would probably [vb infin] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wanted to make a person at a distance come over to you you 'd probably wave your arms . |
| 2 | But if it was a very posh place er you 'd probably have your meals with the housekeeper , which we used to enjoy better really . |
| 3 | I think I 'd probably put my wardrobes on his , on the stair wall . |
| 4 | He 'd probably put his shoes on his head . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Then you 'd probably see your way clear to getting me a bottle of Scotch instead . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've poisoned my life , you bastard , you 'd probably poison my drink . ’ |
| 7 | Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one |
| 8 | Shildon said he would probably change his mind in a day or two and be itching to talk . |
| 9 | After the things she 'd been thinking , his touch would probably make her burst into flames . |
| 10 | They would probably knock her insides about to fit in a jacuzzi or the like , not to mention all-night parties and vulgar guests filling every room . |
| 11 | Time would probably answer my question . |
| 12 | There 's a grungy , thrash band playing upstairs , who get the approval of the reggae crew , and if Zoë suddenly came over the speakers , then people would probably wave their arms in the air . |
| 13 | But stinting excessively would probably damage his reputation more than overspending . |
| 14 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 15 | A practical lexicographer , however , would probably draw his line in a different place from ours : he might well argue that phrases such as fish and chips , bread and butter , etc. , while undoubtedly slightly opaque in the technical sense , present few problems of interpretation to speakers familiar with the normal constituent meanings of the parts , and are thus not worth listing . |
| 16 | By the spring of 1964 I had persuaded myself that as it was nearly nine years since I joined AIB as a Senior Inspector and I was still a Senior Inspector , I would probably draw my pension as status of the engineering investigators to that of the operational investigators . |
| 17 | Mom would probably give her back teeth to make a picture with McQueen but nobody would cast her if they could get Faye Dunaway . |
| 18 | Now if they pull it off everybody 'll heave a sigh of relief and their methods will be forgiven , and if they do n't then it 'll all be Number 10 's fault and that would probably suit their book just as much as coming good on Plainsong itself . ’ |
| 19 | But I think we 'll update not so much is over public authorities would probably take your advice , but I 'm thinking of people who are not public authorities who might in a way suffer , that your advice may cause them some expense , and they might choose to delay it , and well I am guilty we ca n't afford to do that this year , so it never gets done . |
| 20 | It would probably divide its loyalties between the competing political authorities , leading in the worst case to civil war . |
| 21 | She kept her eyes lowered when Feargal stood to speak , because if he glanced at her , and she saw contempt in his eyes , she would probably lose her temper , and that would n't be fair , not on Terry 's day . |
| 22 | Professor Richard Lacey ( It ) would probably find its way into the press and make a stink . |
| 23 | A good performance from Baggio today would probably guarantee his place in Vicini 's World Cup side . |
| 24 | You would be confined to the building , naturally , and you would have to live in the cells , but it would probably save your life . ’ |
| 25 | Breaking up the investment trust would involve costs , and selling large blocks of the shares on the market would probably depress their price , such that the shares are ‘ discounted ’ when in a portfolio of an investment trust . |
| 26 | Even if the Germans were to join , it is argued , they would probably hedge their participation with so many conditions that the force would be useless . |
| 27 | A power vacuum would probably destroy his hopes for a smooth transition of authority . |
| 28 | It would probably kill my mum but I had to tell them . |