Example sentences of "[vb past] hardly [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In childhood he acquired fluent French , a language he often pretended hardly to speak . |
| 2 | When Zacco 's two war galleys appeared , they seemed hardly to move . |
| 3 | The offworlder seemed hardly to move . |
| 4 | Ruth 's thoughts flinched from what it must feel like to be Fand — she seemed hardly to exist , so much had been taken from her . |
| 5 | Russia , preoccupied with economic crisis and political in-fighting , seemed hardly to notice the Conservatives ' victory . |
| 6 | His feet seemed hardly to touch the ground as the wind drove him up the slope . |
| 7 | Russia fell out with Turkey before the end of the month because the Sultan refused to extradite Polish and Hungarian refugees who had fled to his territory , but this negative consequence of the invasion seemed hardly to matter . |
| 8 | If he was begging , he seemed hardly to expect that anyone would give him money for making such a noise . |
| 9 | She seemed hardly to mind at all . |
| 10 | Surrounded by the slums of Portuguese and Arab immigrants , the campus drew its students from the middle classes , but did so under an authoritarian system of education that seemed hardly to have changed in 150 years . |
| 11 | Yet with all his hard work and , definitely , hers , too , he seemed hardly to make a living . |
| 12 | Llewelyn turned from the harness that was being checked out of the armoury , and looked at his foster-son for a moment from so far away and by so dazzling a light that he seemed hardly to know him . |
| 13 | Throughout the week the races started on time ( except for previously announced postponements ) , the rescue cover was ample and markers included two conspicuous 2m black spheres which seemed hardly to break the surface , so high did they ride . |