Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] probably [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't wait up for me , I 'll probably be a while . ’ |
| 2 | If rugby was played each way , I 'd probably be a household name by now . |
| 3 | ‘ I would probably been a millionaire several times over by now , had I taken up their offer , ’ he quips , ruefully . |
| 4 | ‘ If you were a secretary , you can probably be a manager or even run your own business . |
| 5 | There should probably be a provision for independent determination ( by an accountant rather than a surveyor ) in case of dispute . |
| 6 | There 'll probably be a scene or two with you in bed together , in the morning sort of thing — but with sheets , okay ? " |
| 7 | There 'll probably be a car round here somewhere , waiting for him to pick up . |
| 8 | Next Wed 's possible visit to London — there 'll probably be a train strike that day , so maybe we should think of alternative ways of getting whatever it is you want me to bring down to you on another day ? |
| 9 | Erm I think if it , in this file menu there 'll probably be an option to er t to specify |
| 10 | ‘ Now it is quite right of them , of course , to allow our social obligations not to be forgotten ; there 'll probably be an argument . |
| 11 | But where the defect or fault should have been detected during normal maintenance , this would not constitute a defence and there would probably be an offence under the appropriate Construction and Use Regulations . |
| 12 | However , if the logo were used by a computer bureau , although there may be no infringement of trade mark ( unless the Apple logo had been registered in miscellaneous services class ) , there would probably be an action in passing-off because many people might think that the computer bureau was somehow connected with the computer company . |
| 13 | There would probably be an improvement in mpg with a top end overhaul , but at the present price differential of 10p and 18 miles per gallon , the investment of £200 would not show a return until 36,000 miles had been travelled . |
| 14 | There will probably be a lull over the winter , followed by a resurgence of activity next spring . |
| 15 | There will be no terrorism , Palestinians forecast , and no systematic ‘ armed struggle ’ against Israeli soldiers , but there will probably be a growth in occasional , selective operations — like the recent killing of two soldiers in Gaza — intended to add a judicious edge of real pain to the innocuous rebellion of the stones . |
| 16 | Further , when acting for the buyer of a leasehold property there will probably be a covenant in the lease to register all transfers , mortgages and other dispositions with the lessor 's solicitors and to pay them a fee prescribed for such registration . |
| 17 | There will probably be a representative in your office . |
| 18 | They 'd probably be a lot cheaper too . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , now that he had come to live in this new house he was aware that he would probably be an object of interest to his neighbours . |
| 20 | In cultural terms , it would probably be a recording by George Orwell , author of 1984 and Animal Farm . |
| 21 | Alf opined that it would probably be a choice between fish cakes and cheese pie . |
| 22 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 23 | Glumly we returned to Wick on one engine knowing that it would probably be a pay off job in the middle of our tour . |
| 24 | It would probably be an area acceptable to those contemplating setting up home anew on retirement , and their previous homes would then be freed to each new generation of wealth-producers . |
| 25 | IT WILL probably be a month before the results of an official inquiry are published and sceptics silenced , but experts in New Zealand are already calling the voyage of the Rose-Noelle one of the most remarkable stories ever told of survival at sea . |
| 26 | It will probably be a matter of us posting them to him . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 28 | It will probably be a WPC , you 'll like her . ’ |
| 29 | And it will probably be a lot cheaper too . |
| 30 | The prison officers can not afford accommodation in both places — in fact , they can not afford accommodation in either — and they are contemplating leaving the prison service for what will probably be a life on the dole . |