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.

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

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

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.

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

No sooner ____________someone knocked at the door.

Just after the play started there was a power failure.

Hardly________________there was a power failure.

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

Rarely________inept as this.

We had only just arrived home when the police called.

Scarcely____________the police called

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

Barely___________ the trial proceedings began.

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

No sooner__________it started to rain