Example sentences of "could hardly [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quakers could hardly draw breath as Brentford went three up at half time , with Dean Holdsworth scoring twice . |
| 2 | My pupil was a girl called Adèle , seven or eight years old , who was born in France and could hardly speak English . |
| 3 | Her real destination was Fleet Street and the offices of the weekly Clarion Cry , but she could hardly inform Dr Neil or Matey of that interesting fact — it did n't quite fit the sad picture which she had drawn of the friendless , abandoned orphan without employment — not that the money which she earned from the Clarion would have kept her . |
| 4 | Refrigerators could hardly grow tail fins but they acquired streamlining , a sort of bulbous teardrop shape as if poised for take-off from the kitchen floor . |
| 5 | She could hardly tell Florrie that , most of all , her mind was on Dick . |
| 6 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 7 | ’ You could hardly expect Portia Forbes to start off in the typing pool . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 9 | He has a lifetime 's belongings here and we could hardly expect Carrie to move into Fern Cottage . ’ |
| 10 | We could hardly expect Jennifer to want to go to that place if he 's going to be there . ’ |
| 11 | He was n't even late for work , let alone under the influence of drink , so I could hardly suggest counselling in those circumstances . ’ |
| 12 | Bragg could hardly abandon Mrs Jenks , with her husband fresh in the grave . |
| 13 | You could hardly leave Zurich without seeing one of the Swiss floor shows . |
| 14 | One could hardly wear garments that were ripped to shreds and spattered with blood . |
| 15 | The shortfall in Northern Ireland of no more than four members could hardly give rise to serious objection . |
| 16 | This was the same evening on which Johnson wryly said that now the Hanoverian King had given him a pension , he could hardly drink Stuart health with the wine thus bought . |
| 17 | Perhaps one could hardly count Mervyn either , which left only Rupert . |
| 18 | She had been thinking of the three men downstairs , though perhaps one could hardly count John as being in the running . |
| 19 | In fact he would have a selling job to do , but could hardly ask Jim Cavalier for a few hints . |
| 20 | She could hardly ask Mr Gillman . |
| 21 | So much information was gathered that the professionals could hardly find time to analyse it . |
| 22 | Marion could hardly find words . |
| 23 | He was making these trips at the suggestion of Lucas , the engineer to the GS&W ; , who said that if the distress got much worse , the government could hardly resist appeals to include authorized railways in the list of acceptable public works . |
| 24 | Also , Prussia was only one of a series of German states and as such could hardly take advantage of the rapidly developing and highly lucrative Atlantic trade . |
| 25 | I was soaked to the skin , my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller . |
| 26 | Student allowances are often provided by the parents , themselves often low-paid intellectuals and by the mid-1980s , income could hardly keep pace with price rises . |
| 27 | ‘ The gossip columnists could hardly keep track of them ! |
| 28 | He could hardly like Moe , another British musical . |
| 29 | Darkness whirled round her , and she could hardly see Fand any more ; only the spear-tip burned , like a dim flame . |
| 30 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |