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had no sooner returned than he bought a house. () ? He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house. () ? ★no sooner...than...一 ...就 ... ? hardly...when...幾乎沒來得及 ...就 ... ? as soon as...一 ...就 ... ? 三者的意思非常相近,所以有時(shí)候也可以互換 . ? 如 :我剛到辦公室,電話鈴聲就響了 1. I had no sooner arrived in the office than the telephone rang 2. As soon as I arrived in the office, the telephone rang. 3. I had hardly arrived in the office when the telephone rang. ? My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. ? Almost immediately he began to plain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. ? In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.