Example sentences of "[noun sg] probably did " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own sister , Miriam , the Collector probably did not know , had subsequently married Dr McNab and they , too , had remained in India . |
| 2 | The population of Halling during this period probably did not exceed a hundred . |
| 3 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 4 | Tolkien probably did not approve , thinking this mere flattery . |
| 5 | My mum probably did your scrubbing . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps the greatest achievements of Haussmann in his transformation of the city were the least visible , for the provision of sewers , gas , and water probably did more to enhance the city 's life than almost anything else . |
| 7 | Erm I would imagine Tukuse that the the difference that you put in difference that you would get between the reportage , to use a French expression , of Princess Diana 's abdication from public life was probably quite pronounced between say for example the Sun newspaper and the Independent newspaper I would imagine that the Independent newspaper probably did n't play in any great significance , it was probably on the front page , perhaps not with a picture but erm there was a couple of columns of report erm the Independent is famous as being the newspaper which when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married many years ago , they reported it with a single paragraph saying Prince Charles and Diana , the whole world went made at the Royal Wedding and the Independent had one paragraph , which many people , including myself , said right on . |
| 8 | But what I did n't know , and what Control probably did n't know either , was that by then the DEA , as well as the terrorists , was gunning for me . |
| 9 | Mary 's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much . |
| 10 | The audience probably did n't notice anything wrong ; their reactions were so minimal , anyway , that it hardly mattered . |
| 11 | Although they had already proved their skills with other publications , this book probably did most to signal the arrival of the Japanese as major quality printers in western markets . |
| 12 | In other words , the project probably did not change schools , but change may have been most likely to occur in schools which were open to the innovation and to the ideas of equality presented by the project . |
| 13 | Because farmers , like people in other industries , thought it would never happen to them , the safety angle probably did not assume the importance it deserved . |
| 14 | The easy explanation points to the personality of Mr Kinnock — and it probably is true that the Labour leader 's worthiness and lack of grasp of detail probably did damage the Labour cause . |