Example sentences of "you [modal v] hardly see " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would put you on different jobs so you 'd hardly see one another . |
| 2 | It was in its infancy in those days and I noticed that whenever David did a show for them , they dressed the set with every conceivable brightly coloured object , with the result you could hardly see him . |
| 3 | Sometimes , particularly at night , the fug could be so thick you could hardly see from one end of the tram to the other . |
| 4 | Luke picked up his whisky , his freckled hand was so big you could hardly see the glass . |
| 5 | Instead of Greece they went to Wyvis Hall because Adam was broke and Mary was close to broke because that first time it had been so beautiful and peaceful and private there that you could hardly see what advantages Greece would have had over it . |
| 6 | The hood was pulled up so that you could hardly see his head . |
| 7 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 8 | Anyway , it was a good job we did because these erm these grouse and these chickens , I mean , they were so blended in with the the , the roadside you could hardly see them , and then they moved . |
| 9 | They may be all right to eat but they 're the devil to pick because they 're so small you can hardly see them . ’ |
| 10 | You can hardly see a thing . " |
| 11 | ‘ You can hardly see it . ’ |
| 12 | So your engine 's doing about four thousand revs and it 's geared down like mad and your tanker is just creeping so you can hardly see |
| 13 | You can hardly see your hand in front of your face and er I mean there was no way to fight the fire , so I mean all we could do was sort of stand back and look 'cos we were up There was about At that stage there was twenty or thirty of us standing in this north west corner of the platform . |
| 14 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 15 | anything , there 's nothing in there which does , just a few er telephone lines er , going across the skyline there but they 're very faint , you can hardly see them , you 've got ta look very closely to see them . |
| 16 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |
| 17 | Well of a reasonable a re Yes I mean they wo n't be so small you can hardly see them |
| 18 | She got , same on chairs , all , you can hardly see the suite , 'cos she 's got , she says , and er , I says to her , I says to her , oh it 's nice your suite , in n it . |
| 19 | That this is a big paddock , and in the bottom of the right hand corner , if you stand on the road looking at it , there is a triangle of land that is tucked away , that you can hardly see from the roadside , that in my opinion is sufficiently secluded and sufficiently near to other services to allow us to go out to consultation . |