Example sentences of "probably [vb past] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Edward Bailey 's lucid explanation of these deposits was that the boulders ( up to more than loo feet long ) fell from a submarine fault scarp , probably triggered by earthquakes which also produced the clastic dykes that are a feature of the sections . |
| 2 | Rolle died at the height of the plague , but his reputation as a loved spiritual counsellor survived him — probably furthered by his disciple William Stopes who seems to have been a young religious and acted as Rolle 's literary executor after his death . |
| 3 | The murderer probably came by these , killed the old woman and went back , making sure he removed all trace of his movements . ’ |
| 4 | Here it probably happened by sailing into the steep wave resulting in a sudden loss of speed . |
| 5 | We have already seen that not only was forest the natural primeval vegetation of Britain , but also that enormous areas had been felled to create arable land by the Bronze Age and that woodland management probably existed by the Neolithic period . |
| 6 | A fire , probably started by a discarded cigarette , rapidly engulfed an escalator on the London underground . |
| 7 | A senior fireman called on ‘ people in high places ’ to knock the street down after crews attended six blazes last weekend , probably started by vandals . |