Split adverbials

hardly... when, barely...when, no sooner...than, not only...but also, so...that, such...that

Form:
Adverbial + auxiliary or modal verb + subject + main verb
Or
Adverbial + be + subject

Examples:

• Never have I seen so many cats in one place!
• Seldom do we feel sad while we are swimming in the ocean.
• Rarely can one hear such beautiful music.
• At no time was I late for class.
• No sooner had I wished to see my lost dog than she appeared before me.

Note that, in this last example, the second part (than) of the two-part adverbial is positioned at the start of a new subject-verb clause.

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