Example sentences of "[pron] could hardly [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hardly walk up the front door . |
| 2 | When Alejandro yelled at Perdita to tack up a little chestnut gelding , she was so nervous she could hardly do up the throat lash or adjust the stirrups . |
| 3 | She could hardly get out the question . |
| 4 | She could hardly follow up the exchange they had just had with a question about his relationship with Puddephat . |
| 5 | Sometimes he was in such pain , he could hardly hobble up the yard . |
| 6 | The Collector found he could hardly breathe in the middle of this appalling sandwich ; a few inches from his nose the face of a dead sepoy grinned at him with sparkling teeth ; the Collector had the odd sensation that the man 's eyes were watching his efforts with amusement . |