Example sentences of "[modal v] hardly breathe " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to be with her so much that he could hardly breathe . |
| 2 | As the canvas dried , your bones cracked , you could hardly breathe . |
| 3 | Ma came and picked her up , holding her so tight she could hardly breathe . |
| 4 | There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe . |
| 5 | The Collector found he could hardly breathe in the middle of this appalling sandwich ; a few inches from his nose the face of a dead sepoy grinned at him with sparkling teeth ; the Collector had the odd sensation that the man 's eyes were watching his efforts with amusement . |
| 6 | The air was so cold we could hardly breathe it . |
| 7 | With this , he suddenly threw his arms round her and hugged her so tight she could hardly breathe . |
| 8 | He could hardly breathe . |
| 9 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 10 | Her heart was pumping so violently against her breastbone that she could hardly breathe . |
| 11 | ‘ Very poetic , my little tormenter , ’ he chided , tightening his arms even more so that she could hardly breathe . |
| 12 | She could hardly breathe . |
| 13 | She could hardly breathe . |
| 14 | He pushed her gently down on to the settee and sat so close to her that she could hardly breathe for fear that she 'd betray how much she wanted him . |
| 15 | He was ruthless , holding her so close that she could hardly breathe , and his kiss was devastating . |
| 16 | Maggie could hardly breathe . |
| 17 | Robbie could hardly breathe and she had to swallow before she could answer . |
| 18 | Carrie squeezed Seb until he could hardly breathe . |
| 19 | Steiner could hardly breathe , his throat dry , eyes hot . |
| 20 | Blake could hardly breathe and felt that he was going to faint . |
| 21 | Juliet could hardly breathe . |
| 22 | He held her so tightly she could hardly breathe and he held a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over money . |
| 23 | Suddenly Harry felt the narrow cell so filled and overfilled with his own dread and hatred that he could hardly breathe . |
| 24 | Oh — oh — oh — I can hardly breathe — oh I can hear thumping — it 's him , thumping after me … |
| 25 | You can hardly breathe at first . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm so frightened tonight I can hardly breathe . ’ |
| 27 | And in instead of it coming off it 's adding on and adding on and by night time she can hardly breathe so she 's cough cough cough cough cough cough cough all night . |