Example sentences of "was probably " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a leading writer put it , after casting doubts on the appropriateness of the philosopher 's imagery , just because his answer was probably the right one it was in effect no answer at all . |
| 2 | You had n't told your wife about it , so I thought it was probably bad news , and that it might have upset you enough to — well , to do something . |
| 3 | She was probably so drugged she did n't struggle . |
| 4 | This latest victory at the sunswept and showery Eastbourne was probably one of her most satisfying , not least because she defeated a player in the final who herself , did everything but win . |
| 5 | It soon became obvious that I was probably pushing the cutter and grinder too hard and had to adjust my force . |
| 6 | The composer Satie confessed to his friends that his music was probably inspired by a study of the friezes on ancient Greek vases . |
| 7 | Chalk on the lay-off indicated this was probably the right line , though it looked tricky for HVS . |
| 8 | The Michelin Guide to the Côte de l'Atlantique says that this eerie and impressive cavern , which communicates by a passage through the cliff to the château on the summit , was probably made in the twelfth century to shelter the relics of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem brought back from a Crusade by Pierre II of Castillon , who at that time held the château . |
| 9 | It was probably on this occasion that Binyon said something that Pound , misdating the event 1908 , recalled in the postscript to a letter to Binyon in 1934 : |
| 10 | Mr Browning said it was probably a bird he hit on the way , and later cleaned the car . |
| 11 | I wished he 'd had the same confidence in front of audiences because he was probably the most talented actor of us all . |
| 12 | Computers can catch it by using floppy discs holding infected programmes , or from programmes copied off an electronic bulletin board , which is where it was probably first planted . |
| 13 | Like a lot of Lord Beaverbrook 's phrases , that was probably more colourful than accurate — but if such a frontier ever existed then the imperatives of current affairs television have certainly modified and adjusted it . |
| 14 | MILTON GOLDMAN was probably the world 's most famous theatrical agent . |
| 15 | Heavily backed in what was probably a hot race , he should soon recoup the losses . |
| 16 | Whether interest rates or intervention were the chosen instru ment , and in what combination , was probably a secondary question . |
| 17 | For much of that period the area was probably part of one of many statelets beyond the western edge of the early kingdom of East Anglia . |
| 18 | Barra was probably the fifth or sixth-century founder of the statelet . |
| 19 | The goblet , which has no known exact parallel , was probably made in Murano , an island near Venice . |
| 20 | This role he discharged with great success and it was probably the most notable feature of his time as Treasury Solicitor . |
| 21 | She was probably just seeking attention . ’ |
| 22 | He was probably just as shit scared as I was . |
| 23 | The Sid incident was probably forgotten as soon as he was carried away . |
| 24 | He was probably visiting one of the forward units at the village perimeter . |
| 25 | Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) . |
| 26 | One of them was probably the Samara guberniia , where since July 1920 a Left Socialist Revolutionary peasant called Sapozhkov had led an insurrection in the Buzuluk uezd . |
| 27 | That was probably the opinion of persons who found ail lectures obscure . |
| 28 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 29 | Next week it was probably The Sound of Music . |
| 30 | For Mailer , Lawrence 's greatness lies in part in his heroic struggle against his destiny , which was to be homosexual : ‘ he had become a man by an act of will , he was bone and blood of the classic family stuff out of which homosexuals are made , he had lifted himself out of his natural destiny which was probably to have the sexual life of a woman ’ ( p. 154 ) . |