Well, we were hardly settled here, when he turned up again, saying he had come for a holiday, and was going to Switzerland.

She was hardly settled yet, since she had workmen in the house still.

But she has hardly settled in when her skills are put to the test.

But the black lung issue is hardly settled, for all the governor's regrets.

I noticed he seldom looked into our eyes, but then his eyes hardly ever settled on anything.

Like ideas for security on the ground, plans for security aloft were hardly settled.

The Dukes had hardly settled into place when the Chinese attacked.

He had hardly settled himself there before the mist rolled aside like a translucent curtain and the morning sun burst through.

Ministers had hardly settled themselves in their seats before the bombshell burst.

The mouth of the Birs was hardly settled until the 18th century.