Example sentences of "you 'd hardly " in BNC.

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1 You 'd hardly expect it to rely on a laboratory analysis of the ingredients to assess the flavour .
2 ‘ If you had , you 'd hardly forget , ’ he chuckled .
3 ‘ The inspectors were perfectly pleasant and apart from the odd query you 'd hardly know they were there , ’ said Mr Dicketts .
4 So while we 're proud to offer you a capacious oven and a classic waist-level grill in a traditional freestanding cooker , we 've added contemporary benefits which make life easier , and a choice of colours — something you 'd hardly expect to find in a cooker at this price .
5 If you are using a thicker yarn , particularly a fancy one , then some of the nicest fabrics I 've seen were ones where you 'd hardly suspect the presence of a punchcard .
6 But if you 're married as long as I am you 'd hardly call it ‘ idyllic ’ .
7 They would put you on different jobs so you 'd hardly see one another .
8 ‘ Well , you 'd hardly expect Jim Lancaster to ring me up and confess , would you ? ’
9 I think he 's Scottish by extraction , though you 'd hardly know it from his accent .
10 Skirts have gone so much shorter — you 'd hardly believe the hems I 've taken up .
11 He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr
12 And as for not doing much , you 'd hardly recognise the place ! ’
13 You 'd hardly know I was there .
14 ‘ But when my hat is on , you 'd hardly notice the notch the Emperor clipped in my ear .
15 It 's all about conversation Jonathan , you 'd hardly have a conver
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