Example sentences of "[pron] can hardly [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 " I can hardly stop you . "
2 I can hardly miss your flashy car , can I ?
3 I can hardly miss it . ’
4 Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus .
5 " I hate to cut you short , " said Richard from the hatch , " it 's only that I can hardly expect my staff to be in time if I 'm late myself . "
6 I am thin but I can hardly move my bulk , I go round and round numbly under the ice of the North Pole .
7 As for breast feeding , I feel so strongly about this that I can hardly express myself !
8 I can hardly bring myself to tell you .
9 Doctor gave me er I ca n't , I can hardly walk I 've got a terrible sore back .
10 I can hardly send her out for sandwiches , and from the way Victor was talking this could be our last proper meal together .
11 She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ?
12 Still , I 'm no fool ; a chance like this does n't come along every day , so I can hardly pass it up .
13 I can hardly say it … this child is a liar ! ’
14 But if they were strange times for us , I can hardly imagine what they were like for my mother .
15 I can hardly imagine her dropping in on Alexander at any time , far less occasionally .
16 He 's calling out to me now but I can hardly hear him because I 'm screaming so hard , wetting my pants as I squeeze the screams out .
17 ‘ But if that had been somebody else doing that to you … ’ she says softly , so that I can hardly hear her over the quiet thunder of the shower .
18 I can hardly hear you .
19 I , I can hardly hear you talking .
20 ‘ I feel so glamorous I can hardly recognise myself ! ’ said Meera .
21 Look , I 'd better go , I can hardly keep my eyes open !
22 I can hardly see him , he 's almost invisible .
23 I can hardly see him killing Gray .
24 I said to June I can hardly see I 've got that bad a headache .
25 I can hardly see it anyway , through the mist of my hurt .
26 The light may be so poor that I can hardly see anything at all anyway .
27 I can hardly believe I am addressing a married lady !
28 I can hardly believe I 'm actually seeing the places where it happened . ’
29 I can hardly believe it .
30 I had so much time to look at him I can hardly believe it still , pushing the trolley , standing up in Nibs 's clothes .
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