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How to use no sooner in a sentence

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However, no sooner had I written this than I get to find out every dog has his day, right?
But she had no sooner taken a few steps forward than she suddenly recoiled.
The question was no sooner spoken than a groan came from the other side of the coffee table, echoed by the recumbent figure on the couch.
But no sooner had Porrus delivered a wounding blow to the knight's left arm than the knight returned a blow to his shield.
He had no sooner poured the amber liquid into the glass when he heard something run into his door.
The classic example is in computing, where it seems that no sooner have users got used to particular products than upgrades are rushed out.
But no sooner had he given his supporters real hope than Adamant Approach came cantering in behind on the bridle.
In Siena, Gissing worked on the Dickens study, and no sooner had he finished it, than he headed south to Naples.
But no sooner had Bryansford raced into that lead, than the champions got back into their familiar routine.
You place them into a box and no sooner is your back turned than they've shredded the box and disappeared.
The war with the Pequot no sooner ended than the Narragansett were fighting the Mohawk.
Claire no sooner had entered the EMS station that the bell sounded, signaling that they were needed somewhere to help somebody.
However, no sooner had the parliament spoken than there were attempts to unsay its words.
But no sooner had the match gone into the second period than the moans were replaced by smiles and later by hysterical laughter.
For no sooner had Blair's vision been laid out in the Commons on Thursday than his own counter-proposals were being set down.
So she did his bidding and gave him the cup, which no sooner had he drunk than his head forewent his feet.
And that is because no sooner are they announced than they provoke widespread fear and condemnation from an army of professional naysayers.
Nowadays, no sooner is an asylum built than it is filled with maniacs, suicidal melancholics, or senile dements in need of care and treatment.
Go back two centuries ago and remember how dime novels and penny dreadfuls were no sooner evoked than evicted from church life.
I no sooner cleared the tree line when I heard a deep guttural growl behind me.
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Examples from Classical Literature
We were no sooner in than MacLachlan was scenting round and into this little house.
Ryder no sooner got out of her sight than she proceeded to tamper with the letter.
The latter was no sooner visible, than Rigaud rushed at him and embraced him boisterously.
But no sooner had it done so, than he understood it was an aberration on his part.
I had no sooner read it than, after admiring it, I felt it must be answered.
The consequence of this was that we no sooner came Abreast of the reef in that locality than we got afoul of it.
I was no sooner out of this difficulty, than a hasty temper got me into another.
But no sooner had the cephalopod come within reach than the tables were turned.
But no sooner were the village and fort of kerma visible than the report passed along the ranks that they were deserted.
He was no sooner over the threshold than she slammed the door shut, in spite of the heat.
Now the giant no sooner heard this valiant challenge than he rushed forth to the combat, armed with a hugeous crowbar of iron.
And no sooner had Balbi written, consenting, than Casanova explained what was to do.
But no sooner did she reach the county seat than she was arrested and put in jail.
Croesus had no sooner quitted the king than the crown-prince was announced.
And no sooner had she got home, cooked the dinner, and fed the children, than she was off with the letter to the dayan.
But Socrates has no sooner found the new solution than he sinks into a fit of despondency.
Virtue is no sooner discovered to be teachable, than the discovery follows that it is not taught.
But no sooner was the Giant down, than up he bounced again, with tenfold might, and such a furious visage as was horrible to behold.
Alberich had no sooner gone, than Loge and Wotan came from the darkness.
So he lay down in the coffin but no sooner was he inside when bang!
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