Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb mod] hardly [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At school the next day I hurt so much I could hardly bear to stay sitting down . |
| 2 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 3 | When I was a boy of fourteen , my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand the old man around . |
| 4 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 5 | I was soaked to the skin , my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm so tired I can hardly think straight . ’ |
| 7 | I am so angry I can hardly write [ it began , and there was ample evidence in the shaping of the letters that this was indeed so ] . |
| 8 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 9 | I felt so heavy I could hardly sit up properly . ’ |
| 10 | It was so heavy I could hardly seen more than a couple of feet in front of me . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , yes , it does n't compete with the fireplace , we have a , a , er mock fire in there you know , normally in the winter that , that 's on and it looks , it 's very realistic , it almost looks as if it is a fire glowing all the time cos there 's a rotary spinner in it and it flickers , er , and er the room is very warm because it 's central heated anyway and , no I would n't say , it never bothers me the television , I do n't suppose that er , if I were left on my own I 'd hardly have it left on you know I think men watch television more than women . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel so glamorous I can hardly recognise myself ! ’ said Meera . |