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

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1 I am thin but I can hardly move my bulk , I go round and round numbly under the ice of the North Pole .
2 I CAN hardly believe my three-year-old is so bossy .
3 I can hardly believe my luck ! ‘
4 Mother is frowning and her hand is shaking so that she can hardly eat her desert , and I 've done that .
5 The researchers listen and tell the producers who can hardly believe their luck — customers who say exactly what they want , and are willing to pay MORE !
6 You can hardly close your mouth !
7 You can hardly see your hand in front of your face and er I mean there was no way to fight the fire , so I mean all we could do was sort of stand back and look 'cos we were up There was about At that stage there was twenty or thirty of us standing in this north west corner of the platform .
8 A very thick hard rail , which you can hardly get your hand around , is often used in the mid-sections of a race board where speed is important , since when the board is sailed at a slight angle the thick rail digs in providing more lateral resistance and thereby helping the daggerboard .
9 ‘ I assure you , Sir John , ’ Mowbray rasped , ‘ we can hardly find our way around the Tower in the full light of day , never mind on a freezing winter 's night . ’
10 It 's bit of a migration , it can hardly turn its head .
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