Sentence examples for hardly expecting from inspiring English sources

Ms. Hammond was hardly expecting 44 titles to emerge from her fax machine.

It passed with barely a murmur of interest in Gaza and the West Bank.Palestinians were hardly expecting anything different.

I was hardly expecting it to be a big warts-and-all exposé but it would have been nice to get more insight.

And there's Blake Farenthold, a conservative talk radio host from Corpus Christi who ran for Congress hardly expecting to win; when he prevailed after a recount, he was plagued by anxiety dreams.

Like many hopeful up-and-coming artists, Doyle sent a copy of his first book to the acclaimed British photographer and photo book collector Martin Parr, hardly expecting a response.

A spokesperson for Delta Groove Records was moved to say of their new signing: "As the world continues to experience the loss of so many originators of the art form, you can rest assured that the future of the blues is in capable hands". Costello had many admirers who would have confidently backed the publicist's words, hardly expecting the testimonial to turn so abruptly into a memorial.

But we hardly expect more.

It was, after all, a call that he hardly expected.

"I hardly expected the book itself to be successful".

Putin can hardly expect his adversaries to accept this notion.

One would hardly expect otherwise in such a heterogeneous country.