Inversion

The woman managed to alert her rescuers only by keeping a signal-fire burning.

• Keeping a signal-fire burning by the woman managed to alert her rescuers.

• Only by keeping a signal-fire burning did the woman manage to alert her rescuers.

• To alert her rescuers, the woman was keeping a signal-fire burning.

• A signal-fire burning that was kept allowed the woman to manage to alert...

He didn't know exactly what his decision would lead to.

• Little did he know what his decision would lead to.

• Little did he known what his decision led to.

• Little did he know what his decision had led to.

• Little did he know what his decision would have lead to.

She washed the dishes only after all her guests had left.

• Hardly did she wash the dishes when all her guests had left.

• No sooner did she wash the dishes than all her guests had left.

• Only after she washed the dishes had all her guests had left.

• Only after all her guests had left did she wash the dishes.

He loaded custom modules and got the kernel panic.

• Having got the kernel panic allowed him to had loaded custom modules.

• Had he not got the kernel panic, he wouldn't have loaded custom modules.

• Had he not loaded custom modules, he wouldn't have got the kernel panic.

• Did he get the kernel panic if he loaded custom modules.

We were able to relax when the last guest had left.

• No sooner were we able to relax, than when the last guest had left.

• Had the last guest left, we were able to relax.

• No sooner had the last guest left than we were able to relax.

• Not till the last guest had left were we able to relax.

He'd never had such a terrifying experience.

• Never in his life has he has such a terrifying experience.

• Such a terryfying experience had he never.

• Never had he had such a terrifying experience.

• So terrifying the experience was that he's never had.

He got into the bath and the phone rang.

• Scarcely he got into the bath when the phone rang.

• No sooner did he get into the bath than the phone rang.

• Hardly had the phone rang when he got into the bath.

• Only after the phone rang did he get into the bath.

The girl was never allowed to stay out late.

• Never was the girl allowed to stay out late.

• Staying out late was never allowed to the girl.

• Was the girl allowed, she'd stay out late.

• On no occasion was the girl allowed to stay out late.

He could reach the shelf only by standing on a chair.

• The shelf could be reached by him only by standing on a chair.

• A chair allowed him to reach the shelf.

• Only by standing on a chair could he reach the shelf.

• Could he reach the shelf by only standing on a chair.

The fuselage was damaged because the crew hadn't gone around.

• Only by going around wouldn't the crew damage the fuselage.

• Had they gone around, the crew wouldn't have damaged the fuselage.

• Was the fuselage not damaged had the crew gone around.

• Had they gone around, the fuselage wouldn't have damaged the crew.