Example sentences of "hardly seem possible " in BNC.

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1 On Sunday , only the day before yesterday — it hardly seemed possible !
2 When John was so short-tempered , it hardly seemed possible to conduct a civilised conversation .
3 It hardly seemed possible that powerful , destructive passions could spring unendingly from such an unpromising source !
4 It had hardly seemed possible before : but now he knew for sure .
5 Though it hardly seems possible , spring-flowering bulbs are on sale again , and if we want to bring some winter cheer to the home we should be planting them now .
6 It hardly seems possible . ’
7 Walter Heape , a reader in zoology and an anti-suffragist , writing at the end of the century , exulted in a description of menstruation which wallowed in gore , a picture of devastation , rupture , torn membranes , ‘ from which it would hardly seem possible to heal satisfactorily without the aid of surgical treatment ’ …
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