Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] probably be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aubrey 's keen to go but I 'll probably be bored . |
| 2 | Maybe I 'll try to understand — but I 'll probably be too busy packing . |
| 3 | Social Services Departments vary in the way they register childminders , but you will probably be visited in your home and be given some forms to complete . |
| 4 | if you do not have an account , you can still ask about borrowing money , but you will probably be expected to open an account with the bank . |
| 5 | There would probably be some results , but they would probably be somewhat superficial , and the knowledge gleaned would be of a general rather than a specific nature . |
| 6 | ‘ But he 'll probably be needing a new job soon . ’ |
| 7 | Anton 's likely to play at Brighton on Saturday but he 'll probably be away on Monday and it would be difficult to play him on Wednesday . ’ |
| 8 | But he 'd probably be dead , frozen , lying under a pile of leaves , dead from starvation . |
| 9 | I know but he can probably be nice like that but then he 'll just change and become all cool when he wants to be |
| 10 | I , not how much is in it , but it 'll probably be about that much in bottom . |
| 11 | That 's quite a good i , go and get one and see that you cover it tin foil if you want but it 'll probably be alright as it is . |
| 12 | The pros and cons of this theory are the subject of much contentious debate by experts , but it would probably be correct to say that the greater number of specialists believe that at least the more bipedal of the dinosaurs , including small and large carnivores , were warm-blooded , active animals . |
| 13 | But it would probably be too long for someone further down . |
| 14 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 15 | I ca n't find out what make of car it would be , but it would probably be a , a French or German car . |
| 16 | Dunkin 's two-press inference passed in 1946 , but it should probably be abandoned now . |
| 17 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 18 | When you have shared years of happiness and companionship , making that final choice seems like an act of treachery but it will probably be the kindest , bravest decision you will have made for your pet . |
| 19 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 20 | Digital cameras will become more popular as the quality of image improves and the price falls , but it will probably be well into the next century before they become firmly established . |
| 21 | But it will probably be around the time of the Full Moon on the 14th that you decide enough is enough and when you realise that success , solace or excitement can only be found in a different setting . |
| 22 | I ca n't explain why , but it will probably be for good . |