Example sentences of "[pron] probably [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So the changed phosphorylation of the synaptic membrane , which probably results in calcium entering the cell , must act as some sort of a signal to the DNA in the nucleus .
2 Lloyd was wearing the bottom half of a pale grey pinstripe suit with turn-ups which probably took on board water when it rained .
3 The little blue flower , ‘ robin-run-in-the-hedge ’ , which probably looked like violet on the first , distant glance , is ground ivy .
4 The first example of this which probably springs to mind is that of the love/hate relationship between Pip and Estella which develops throughout the book as they grow older and their characters change and develop .
5 Edith 's in love with her husband but it 's a boring love , nothing exciting ever happens and she probably goes to bingo .
6 And I think this is behind I made some adverse comment about the Prime Minister 's comment about the burden of the old — to be fair , I think one of the problems she probably had in mind was the fact not of the immediate peak of elderly people , but the peak in the twenty/twenties where the full impact of the erm pension scheme that we 've got will hit with a considerably older population — can we afford it ?
7 I guess there 's only six of us , who probably finish about mid-day tomorrow , erm , of which time there are various options .
8 They probably had in mind , too , the concern of the pope-demonstrated in his letters and by his emissaries — to restore peace to the realm so that the king might proceed on crusade .
9 When people say that higher education teaches one to ‘ think ’ , they probably have in mind this induction into the habit of analysis .
10 The mode of formation of melanins is uncertain ( Lerner and Fitzpatrick , 1950 ) but they probably arise through polymerization of indole compounds which are derived initially from the amino-acid tyrosine by ring-closure and oxidation under the influence of the enzyme tyrosinase .
11 ‘ So he probably came to tea and forgot it , ’ said Camille .
12 By the time I left , I 'd beaten him down to about twice the price he probably had in mind .
13 He probably has in mind those who campaigned to get the herbicide 245-T banned in Britain and who have attacked the operators of the Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme for failing to institute a ban .
14 Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago .
15 Er , it probably came into fashion in the , something like the eighteenth century .
16 The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it
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