Example sentences of "she could scarcely [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen remembered nothing of the drive home , turning automatically into the parking area behind her flat and letting herself in with hands that shook so badly she could scarcely hold the keys . |
| 2 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 3 | She could scarcely bring the words into her mouth . |
| 4 | But she could scarcely control the quivering of her lower lip . |
| 5 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 6 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 7 | His voice was so low she could scarcely catch the words . |
| 8 | And now , battered by guilt and indecision , desperate half-formed schemes jostling themselves about in her head , she could scarcely summon the wit to listen with a show of attention to the Queen . |