Example sentences of "could hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular girl , a model , is putting Patrick in his place by going on about cars : ‘ Most of my friends have them on the firm , ’ she said , with the sort of lift of the old proud head that he could hardly believe had not accompanied a limiting judgment on Villiers de l'Isle Adam . ’ |
| 2 | It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it . |
| 3 | Kezia refused a sandwich but she smiled at Annabel , and — I could hardly believe it — Annabel curtsied . |
| 4 | Detective Constable Bewman could hardly contain his excitement . |
| 5 | Lucy cooked pasta , Jay could hardly eat , and lit a cigarette as soon as decently possible . |
| 6 | But Cameron could hardly move away — the dancers filled the yard , flying toes and heels banged against the shins of the onlooking elders as the dancers twirled . |
| 7 | He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight . |
| 8 | She could hardly wait . |
| 9 | A job like laminating these legs could hardly be more satisfying . |
| 10 | The need to emphasise that God would not maintain the system indefinitely no matter what restrictive practices and losses could hardly have been greater . |
| 11 | The decade could hardly have ended on a more optimistic note . |
| 12 | You could hardly ask for a more exhilarating way to kick off the week 's traces . |
| 13 | Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument . |
| 14 | Among the blest , ‘ Lady Aberconway was put in to please me ’ , and ‘ Madame Strindberg , who ran the Club of the Golden Calf for the sake of the set , could hardly escape a favourable mention . … ’ |
| 15 | THE FORTUNES of two clubs who joined the League together during the summer of 1984 could hardly be more contrasting . |
| 16 | He could hardly adapt the style of the building 's closest neighbour , the Soviet-like Novotel Hotel . |
| 17 | The Bedford House team could hardly be in better form either . |
| 18 | The contrast in styles could hardly have been more stark . |
| 19 | It could hardly complain it was unexpected . |
| 20 | SHORT of selecting a dead student , the Nobel Prize Committee could hardly have made a choice more calculated to embarrass and enrage the Chinese leadership . |
| 21 | But the modern tram could hardly be more different . |
| 22 | While the Protestant church , like the Polish Catholic church , has played an important role in the efforts for reform , the nature and situations of the two churches could hardly be more different . |
| 23 | You could hardly blame them , though , for feeling bewildered from time to time . |
| 24 | as if in reminder , the new All Blacks have arrived this week , and for the North the contrast between 1979 and 1989 could hardly be greater . |
| 25 | People could hardly believe their eyes when they opened their newspapers yesterday morning : alongside the ritual party propaganda there was genuine criticism and complaints . |
| 26 | When he was handed the fags he could hardly believe his luck , he smiled broadly , revealing rows of black and yellow teeth , repeating over and over , ‘ Merci , merci . ’ |
| 27 | I could hardly believe what Taff had just said . |
| 28 | I could hardly keep my eyes open . |
| 29 | I could hardly believe what I was saying . |
| 30 | It could hardly have been otherwise when Thatcher and Kinnock were visiting Moscow and Washington to discuss Britain 's defence policy . |