INVERSION 4

1. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.

=> No sooner …….._…………………………………………
2. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
=> Hardly ……………………………………………………
3.He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
No sooner…………............................................................................................
4. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.
Hardly………………..........................................................................................
5.Someone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building.
No sooner…………………..........................................................................................
6.Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.
No sooner……………………..........................................................................................
7.The worker only called off the strike after a new pay offer.
Only after………………………..........................................................................................
8.The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by united opposition.
Only by……………
9.Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of $ 10,000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.
Had his…..........................................................................................
10.Alice and Charles didn’t decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second son.
Only when…............................................................................................
11.He forgot about the gun until he got home.
Not until…………………………...........................................................................................
12.The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.
Only when…..........................................................................................