Sentence examples of "appliquer peine" in French
Le train express est passé si vite qu'on l'a à peine aperçu.
The express train went by so fast that we hardly saw it.
Ne pouvez-vous pas appliquer les règles de manière un peu plus flexible ?
Can't you apply the rules a little more elastically?
Il avait à peine fini son petit déjeuner quand le téléphone sonna.
Hardly had he finished breakfast when the telephone rang.
On pourrait appliquer la théorie des équilibres ponctués aux langues.
We could apply the theory of punctuated equilibrium to languages.
Ne peux-tu pas appliquer les règles de manière un peu plus flexible ?
Can't you apply the rules a little more elastically?
Vous ne pouvez pas appliquer cette règle dans tous les cas.
You can't apply this rule to every case.
À peine avais-je quitté le magasin, que je rencontrai mon professeur.
I had no sooner left the shop than I met my teacher.
Mary et Tom se disputèrent au sujet des étiquettes controversées à appliquer à cette phrase.
Mary and Tom quarelled about the controversial tags to apply to this sentence.
Je venais à peine de rentrer dans mon bain quand le téléphone sonna.
I had hardly got into the bath when the phone rang.
À peine avais-je raccroché le téléphone qu'il re-sonna.
No sooner had I hung up the phone than there came another call.
À peine arrivé à l'hôpital, il a rendu son dernier souffle.
Hardly had he arrived at the hospital when he breathed his last.
Depuis qu'elle a ses bagues dentaires, je l'ai à peine vue sourire.
Since she got her braces, I've hardly seen her smile.
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