think probable

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That the tradition is correct, or approximately so, I think probable, for towards the end of March would be the suitable time for the barbarians to set themselves in motion for the invasion of Italy.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Gifford suggests that it is “corrupted, perhaps, from the Spanish rio, which is figuratively used for a large quantity of liquor,” a derivation, however, which Mr. Dyce does not think probable.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

Should the Zulus attack us, which I don’t think probable, I will call you.

From Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand by Kingston, William Henry Giles

What we think probable we do not call severely for the proof of.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

That the wretched man would do him serious bodily injury Amos did not think probable, but that he would use any pressure short of this seemed tolerably certain.

From Amos Huntingdon by Wilson, Theodore P.