The story has been the same for while, of course, so it hardly comes as a shock.

"My brother hardly ever comes to see me any more."

But they'd hardly come in one ship at a time, would they?

But a system can be improved, and these problems hardly came to light for the first time this year.

People hardly ever came back from a system attack like this.

Not something I wanted to know, but it hardly came as a surprise.

His wife had hardly ever come with him in those days because she didn't see the point.

She found her first gray hair two days ago, and it hardly came as a surprise.

Such an atmosphere could hardly come under the category of home life.

It hardly came as a shock that he wanted to speak with her now.