Example sentences of "can hardly [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hardly bring myself to tell you . |
| 2 | People in her own country who have been injured , terrified and starving to death have behaved in a way that Anna can hardly bring herself to think about . |
| 3 | The poor thing can hardly bring herself to speak at all . |
| 4 | As for breast feeding , I feel so strongly about this that I can hardly express myself ! |
| 5 | Bono can hardly contain himself Neither can I. |
| 6 | All this is widely socially sanctioned , so we can hardly describe ourselves as ‘ animal lovers ’ . |
| 7 | I got it principally to tow my trailer about but it can hardly get itself along . |
| 8 | ‘ I feel so glamorous I can hardly recognise myself ! ’ said Meera . |
| 9 | I 've an aversion to tale-bearing from my schooldays , but the man 's such a public menace we can hardly allow ourselves to be deterred by scruples of that sort . ’ |