There was only one exception, a very elderly male who sat quietly and hardly moved.

But investment banks are hardly sitting back, watching their business go elsewhere.

Kara could hardly sit still, so anxious was she at the prospect of calling home.

To him, so tired he could hardly sit straight, it just meant another mystery.

He could hardly sit at the drivers' table when he'd only run a team once, and never up the hill, only down.

"I hardly ever sit in the Zen position," he said.

"I could hardly sit in the saddle, it was so painful," he said.

He could hardly sit still, looking at his watch every few minutes.

Even now, he can hardly sit still for a second.

She was so terrified that she could hardly sit straight in the chair.