Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
As soon as we arrived at the beach, it started to rain.
A. We had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain.
B. No sooner had we arrived at the beach than it started to rain.
C. We had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain.
D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.