Example sentences of "i can hardly be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 3 | If I go to a match in Europe , I come back to a stack of videos and I can hardly be bothered . |
| 4 | My belief that I am in pain may be justified , perhaps , but I can hardly be said to base it on reasons , conclusive or otherwise . |
| 5 | Inevitably , er that has not been entirely acceded to , and indeed to some extent er I can hardly be surprised as events move on during the course of the enquiry . |
| 6 | ‘ I can hardly be blamed if the production was cancelled . ’ |
| 7 | I can hardly be expected to know that , can I ? |
| 8 | And I can hardly be expected to leave my three-year-old brother here in the care of a strange man . ’ |
| 9 | I can hardly be held accountable for the vagaries of a junior research assistant ! ’ |