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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hardly have I" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to express surprise or disbelief at something that has just happened. Example: Hardly have I finished my dinner when the phone rang and the news of the accident reached me.
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But hardly have I come across passionate expressions of "Oh my goodness!
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He remembered: "Hardly had I spoken before orders came to report to our regiments as once.
Hardly had I reached the floor than the air was filled with gunfire, the staccato of machine-guns and rifles.
Fancy that - hardly had I given a final flush to the bloody cistern of menstruation when the alarm went off somewhere and the cells began to divide.
Hardly had I heard of an interest in one.
I upped my "laugh quota". Hardly had I made that intention than I participated in a conference call in which two other people spontaneously broke into extended laughter.
Hardly ever before have I found work as diverse as it is in public relations.
There are many that I didn't have — I hardly had any contact with who I have helped in many, many ways".
Some days I hardly have any when I'm all caught up.
I hardly have any money now but I'm much happier".
I hardly have any money now, but I'm much happier".
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