1 Jane confessed herself a little surprised at the match; but she said less of her astonishment than of her earnest desire for their happiness; nor could Elizabeth persuade her to consider it as improbable.
2 And then," said she, "if that very improbable event should ever take place, I shall merely be able to tell what Bingley may tell in a much more agreeable manner himself.
3 If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty.
4 Those that best pleased her, as placing his conduct in the noblest light, seemed most improbable.
5 It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture.
6 However improbable both Mr. Bounderby and myself might have deemed it years ago, that he would ever become my patron, making me an annual compliment, I cannot but regard him in that light.
7 It is not improbable that if Mr. Bumble had been possessed of this information at an earlier period of the interview, he might have imparted a very different colouring to his little history.
8 If there is anything in my story which you know to be either false or improbable, stop me.
9 Also, by the way, that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid on in his house.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 10 That is the case as it appears to the police, and improbable as it is, all other explanations are more improbable still.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze 11 His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering.
12 My dear fellow, there is nothing improbable about my explanation at all.
13 Harry spends his days in saying what is incredible and his evenings in doing what is improbable.
14 Now, the history of Eliza Doolittle, though called a romance because of the transfiguration it records seems exceedingly improbable, is common enough.
15 At last, I desperately considered that the thing I contemplated must be done, and that it had best be done in the least improbable manner consistent with the circumstances.