Example sentences of "[modal v] hardly [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who thought it would fall to pieces within 5000 miles were confounded , even if those who hoped it would sail the test with BMW-like dependability could hardly crow about its reliability record . |
| 2 | Yet he could hardly finesse or cost-cut his way out of a serious downturn there . |
| 3 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 4 | Normally I 'd be reaching for ‘ annihilate ’ button when faced with such an ‘ aware ’ and ‘ right-on ’ selection of topics but Leatherface succeed where so many others have failed by virtue of the tuneful tempestuousness of their music , an assault with melody , muscle and sheer conviction which is irresistible , and the fact that Frankie Stubbs never sounds like a po-faced preacher — unlike a certain other native of the North-East whose name I can hardly type without sending my blood-pressure into the red . |
| 5 | I can hardly stagger home . |
| 6 | We have now got into something which we can hardly mismanage. , , |