Example sentences of "[modal v] hardly [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Margaret knew nothing about it , and therefore she could hardly feel that she was a real Dame . |
| 2 | One could hardly assume that he had not gone to church out of piety and because it was Ash Wednesday , Ianthe thought , but it was rather puzzling and disturbing to think that she could n't even attend to her devotions in peace . |
| 3 | I enjoyed it , and you could hardly say that I was n't educated . |
| 4 | You could hardly deny that there 's a certain tension between poet and puritan . |
| 5 | I could hardly believe that there 's nobody on level three mm and you see we done the Easter eggs and they ca n't join in , I have to say no , it 's a shame you know the |
| 6 | Jenking and Faulknor could hardly believe that it was possible to have such a difference from either side of the ship . |
| 7 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 8 | He could hardly believe that he had done it . |
| 9 | Miriam could hardly believe that he had spoken at last . |
| 10 | The impulse was so strong that she could hardly believe that he did not feel it too . |
| 11 | Diamonds Galore 's jockey Aaron Gryder could hardly believe that his horse had been murdered by a youngster . |
| 12 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 13 | He could hardly believe that she was letting him go , that he was not to be punished for what he had witnessed in the best room in the middle of the night . |
| 14 | Annabel could hardly believe that she had a daughter about to go to university . |
| 15 | When Clare talked to Tess of their future , and the farm they would have abroad , she could hardly believe that she would be going through the world by his side . |
| 16 | A respectable woman who has been ravished would hardly feel that she was vindicated by being told that her assailant must go unpunished because he believed , quite unreasonably , that she was consenting to sexual intercourse with him . |
| 17 | When a couple get engaged and married , you would hardly think that anything could come between them . |
| 18 | I can hardly suppose that she sat for you or that it was commissioned . ‘ |
| 19 | If the bias we have detected in broadcasting was not obvious to media specialists we can hardly expect that it would have been obvious to the general public . |
| 20 | In the provinces of the empire , however , there was no choice of magistrates : the provincial governor ( or a deputy appointed by him ) heard all cases , whether they were based on the civil law or not ; and we can hardly expect that he switched from one procedure to another according to which kind of case he was hearing . |
| 21 | I wrote : ‘ Darling John , I can hardly believe that your birthday is here again and you 're still not home . |
| 22 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 23 | over taking you know cutting right in front of you and er , you just , I see things in front of me and I can hardly believe that there has n't been a horrible accident , you know , just seeing the things that happening on the road . |
| 24 | After that little performance you can hardly deny that you want me . |
| 25 | If he makes no will we can hardly say that there is in early times any common law as to how his goods shall be divided ; much or all will depend on local custom . |