INVERSION - NO SOONER/HARDLY -NO / NOT ANY

Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.

No sooner………...........the thieves touched the safe.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Immediately He made an appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.

No sooner……………………………the new editor fell ill.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

I had hardly put the phone down when the boss rang back.

Hardly…………............the boss rang back

She had hardly begun her performance when the light went out.

Hardly……………the light went out.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.

No sooner ____________someone knocked at the door.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Just after the play started there was a power failure.

Hardly________________there was a power failure.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.

Rarely________inept as this.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

We had only just arrived home when the police called.

Scarcely____________the police called

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CCSS.L.3.1G

The judge was taken ill just after the trial proceedings began.

Barely___________ the trial proceedings began.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

As soon as we had come home, it started to rain

No sooner__________it started to rain

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CCSS.L.3.1G