| Element | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NO SOONER ... THAN' |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | PAST |
| SubCat | past perfect simple |
| Lexical Range | N/A |
| Level | B2 |
| Cando | Can invert the subject and auxiliary verb with 'no sooner ... than' to talk about something that happened immediately before something else, often in formal contexts. |
| Corrected Learner Example | ...but no sooner had I gone to bed than someone broke the door down. (Spain; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; Spanish - European; Pass) But, no sooner had I got there than my classmates informed me that I had done well in my physics exam. (Greek; Greece; B2 VANTAGE; 2002) |
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| Comments | N/A |
