Example sentences of "would probably [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway . |
| 2 | Then he had steered her to a chair , rather than the sofa , which would probably have provoked a new attack of ‘ imagination ’ . |
| 3 | She was carrying more rivets than the average U-Boat and would probably have turned a compass away from Magnetic North . |
| 4 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 5 | But whatever those proposals may be , schools now will have the opportunity of opting out , and I think it 's a fair guess that if the opting out legislation had been in place when comprehensive education was imposed upon this county in 1964 , you would probably have found a great number of the grammar schools would have opted out , using the legislation , and I have no doubt whatsoever that in every single one of those cases you would have had a large majority of parents in support of that . |
| 6 | Leapor 's house , for example , would probably have had a clay floor , and if its lighting was primarily from rushes , it would have been dingy . |
| 7 | Quite intuitively , he told me : ‘ Had he stuck to what he originally put into the part , he would probably have had a totally different career over the next twenty years or so . |
| 8 | Oliver said : ‘ A real professional would probably have used a finer cord . |
| 9 | I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here . |