Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] hardly [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 2 | ‘ I could hardly go without it , could I ? |
| 3 | ‘ My legs were in a right mess from blows which I took from Tony Cordle and I could hardly bowl for all the strapping when we took the field , ’ grinned Robinson . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had twenty village girls to teach , some of them with such a strong country accent that I could hardly communicate with them . |
| 6 | I could hardly look at my dinner when I got home . |
| 7 | I could hardly wait for a return match . |
| 8 | I could hardly wait until late evening when the beaches would be less crowded . |
| 9 | ‘ I can hardly cope without you . ’ |
| 10 | He 's up by the entrance and I can hardly go in there , can I ? ’ |
| 11 | They are especially gifted and I can hardly think of a sport in which the eye is not the essential informer of the mind . |
| 12 | I can hardly walk into a lawyer 's office , I 'd be arrested again and I do n't intend going back into prison , not even for a few days . ’ |
| 13 | At first , I can hardly look at it — |
| 14 | I can hardly look after myself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Some days I can hardly see down the road at all and with all these people parking I just ca n't get through . |
| 16 | I can hardly pray for her soul . |
| 17 | I can hardly get to the bar . ’ |
| 18 | They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’ |
| 19 | She could hardly hide behind the four walls of her father 's house for the rest of her life , but the mere thought of re-entering any sort of social scene was enough to make her feel ill . |
| 20 | She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart . |
| 21 | It was difficult when she could hardly speak at all , but she could n't let a statement like that go unchallenged . |
| 22 | So pleasantly , in fact , that now she could hardly bear for it to be over . |
| 23 | She could hardly bear to be contradicted , and no good mother , in my mother 's view , would send her child to stay with a daft person . |
| 24 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 25 | She could hardly think about it herself . |
| 26 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She could hardly wait until tomorrow ! |
| 29 | She could hardly concentrate on what he was doing , because she was far too busy concentrating on making sure that her stupid legs did n't crumble under her . |
| 30 | He came closer and sat beside her on the grass , close , so that she could hardly concentrate on what she was supposed to be saying . |