Example sentences of "she had hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly she changed her mind and reached into her wardrobe for a new pair of tight stretchy ski trousers that she had hardly worn . |
| 2 | Since waking , she had hardly moved . |
| 3 | And she had hardly disappeared from view before Arthur Conway turned on Agnes , a growl in his voice now as he said , ‘ What 's up with you ? |
| 4 | She had hardly set out when the unwelcome attentions of a British privateer forced her back to Ostend and , at her second attempt , she was intercepted again , off Banff , but for a second time escaped . |
| 5 | For two years she had hardly been sane . |
| 6 | They had finished their meal , one at which he noticed she had hardly eaten anything . |
| 7 | Everybody seemed to have bought a new dress for the occasion , and she had hardly finished paying for her suit . |
| 8 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 9 | Already the whole class had begun to warm towards Miss Honey , although as yet she had hardly taken any notice of any of them except Matilda . |
| 10 | It seemed as though she had hardly done anything , it had all been so simple . |
| 11 | She had hardly replaced the receiver , when the telephone shrilled again . |
| 12 | She had hardly seen her father in all the weeks since returning from Scotland , nearly five months after the ‘ accident ’ as it was known . |
| 13 | In point of fact she had hardly tasted any before . |
| 14 | She had hardly seen him over the last months . |
| 15 | She had hardly been listening . |
| 16 | She had hardly seen him all day . |
| 17 | She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door . |
| 18 | Although she had pronounced likes and dislikes for the various members of her class she was perhaps the best teacher in the school , and at the end of four years she had hardly any failures in the final examinations . |
| 19 | Until now she had hardly thought of Adamus . |
| 20 | Up to now she had been so enthralled by the adventure that , despite being clad in only a cotton shirt and slacks , she had hardly noticed the cold . |
| 21 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 22 | At Howard she had hardly known a day 's illness . |
| 23 | She had hardly been in the country a month when she had the privilege of speaking on TV during a midnight service from George Square , Glasgow , on Christmas Eve . |
| 24 | After yet another bawling-out following their evening meal , which once again she had hardly been able to touch , Nathan sent her below to make coffee . |
| 25 | He was a man and she had hardly fought him off . |
| 26 | But then she had been thirty , and then thirty-three , and the panic that overtakes women of that age , even in the nineteen seventies , had come upon her , and the desire to have a child , which she had hardly thought about before . |
| 27 | She had hardly been able to sleep , anyway . |
| 28 | Although from her upbringing it might have been thought that ‘ visiting the sick ’ would be a part of her daily life she had hardly ever — thanks to the Welfare State — had to perform this duty , and then only with her mother or father . |
| 29 | After Mark 's funeral Robyn 's lips had been so painful that she had hardly been able to speak or smile for days — but then that had suited her fine , still suited her , although no one guessed , except Anne perhaps . |
| 30 | Ecstasy increased as Robyn looked deep into his eyes and heard the words she had hardly dared hoped for . |