Example sentences of "that [was/were] probably [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip 's reluctance to risk battle helps to explain why even so famous a soldier as Richard never fought a battle in Europe , with the possible exception of his " battle " against Vulgrin of Angoulême 's mercenaries in 1176 — but that was probably a slaughter rather than a battle . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought that was probably the way you wanted it to be . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That was probably the turning point , ’ said the former champion , White . |
| 4 | That was probably the reason . |
| 5 | That was probably the opinion of persons who found ail lectures obscure . |
| 6 | That was probably the understatement of the decade , she acknowledged ruefully some hours later , as she grabbed the first opportunity of the entire afternoon to simply stop moving and stand still in one place for longer than ten seconds . |
| 7 | Though Connolly also headed straight at the goalkeeper in the 88th minute — that was probably the time McLean slipped off his sandbag — an even better opportunity for United to secure a share of the spoils was squandered by substitute Christian Dailly , who failed to even get his shot on target after getting in behind the Hearts defence . |