“I need to hire a probate attorney to guide me through the legal process of validating my late grandfather's will and distributing his estate among the beneficiaries.”

“My secretary had been promoted after a probation of just three hours.”

“An egg thief who raided bird's nests in Orkney has been placed on probation and had his car confiscated.”

“That would pass over sentencing powers from judges to probation officers, which is the exact opposite of what she said when she began her speech.”

“Bexley police have a regular flow of probationer police officers arriving straight from the police training college at Hendon.”

“He left the University as a probationer, but he was not ordained at this stage.”

“He will graduate in April 2006, but he has already worked as a probationer in an auditing company for more than a year.”

“Shaheen also says she was forced to go on night duty, something probationers are not supposed to do.”

“New probationers are being seen as a priority, so temporary teachers we have employed in this session are going to be the casualties.”

“The latest band of probationers have begun singing in the Minster after the start of the new academic year.”

“I just don't understand why the sergeant in charge of this station doesn't get one of the new probies in.”

“To the probies, he was not only a first-rate role model and teacher, he was also a friend and an older brother.”

“Last summer, he was still pretty new and he was cleaning up because that's what probies do, but he was doing it with a smile.”