Example sentences of "probably [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you should stroll into a pub and meet an analyst and a user talking about work , and you can not tell one from the other , they have probably developed a successful system together . |
| 2 | She had probably broken a tiny blood vessel in the lung area and it was bleeding , but not seriously . |
| 3 | In the intervening years the environmental lobby has probably gathered a broader basis of support , although , as we shall see later in this chapter , the values which are upheld are often more sectional than many environmentalists might suppose . |
| 4 | Church bells ringing out the old year from the tower at Over Stowey probably formed a distant accompaniment to Coleridge 's first night in the Lime Street cottage . |
| 5 | is er the fact that carriage cleaning was probably considered a low grade I think you 'd have felt it was |
| 6 | ‘ And each bite probably contained a thousand calories . ’ |
| 7 | The success of Leapor 's subscription , though on a much smaller scale , probably owed a great deal to this family 's wide social connections . |
| 8 | I have probably missed a few esoteric cuisines and no doubt some of the possibilities you 'll see chalked up on the blackboard or down in the menus , but you 've got the general idea by now . |
| 9 | ‘ Probably met a well-oiled sheik outside The Dorchester . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed grazing rights could be an issue in themselves , and disputes over these probably made a major contribution to bringing about the Norfolk rebellion of 1549 ( 73 , pp.71 , 142–3 ) . |
| 11 | The kind of guy , thought Bernice , who had probably made a lovely baby but would be an embarrassing boyfriend . |
| 12 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 13 | Achnacarry and have probably done a shortened course . |
| 14 | One persuasive argument says that many dinosaurs probably needed a high metabolic rate when they were not fully grown , since they had to grow , as we have seen , at a great pace . |
| 15 | The election 's last-minute switch to Labour probably reflected a genuine desire on some voters ' part to get the Tories out . |
| 16 | By 1979 , however , the survey found that there had been a major shift in support for privatization and public opinion remained in favour of further privatization in 1983 , and probably reflected a positive response to the Thatcher policies . |
| 17 | The market has probably discounted a 0.5 per cent German increase which may allow UK base rates to remain at 14 per cent . |
| 18 | I think has probably got a better coverage on groups . |
| 19 | Well you 've probably got I 've probably got a better deal there . |
| 20 | Erm but maybe this , this issue is , is , could be important in the sense that you , you 've got tt er if you take China as a whole you 've probably got well in excess of a million villages erm you 've probably got a denser population in the south than the north so you 've got more than half a million villages in the south |
| 21 | He 's probably got a private cache of cheap cider or meths hidden somewhere under a paving slab to help him nod off at nights , and a pile of newspapers to keep him warm . |
| 22 | Of course she was very young , probably got a Communist shop steward for a father , and doubtless went about sneering at people better-educated and better-spoken than herself . |
| 23 | So you 've probably got a wide amount of interests |
| 24 | Knowing Stuart she 's probably got a little hole down there and he can just flop it out ! |
| 25 | There 's an airing cupboard Probably got a dead body in there . |
| 26 | Go see Fred and he 's probably got a few more pounds ready available than |
| 27 | They 've probably got a few over here |
| 28 | Our parliamentarians , always sensitive to votes , had probably shown a greater concern over the cider riots ! |
| 29 | This was common to archosaurs , but not to crocodilian , and probably housed a large gland . |
| 30 | Details of the proposals remain secret , but Mr Taylor and the PFA were probably promised a larger minimum guarantee than the £1 million on the table last week . |