1. I’m very sick now.
Never ________________________________________________
2. I had only gone out when the phone rang.
Hardly______________________________________________________________
3. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner________________________________________________________
4. The men continued to feel unsafe until they had crossed the border.
Not until ________________________________________________________
5. you can use it as long as you like. It won’t wear out.
No matter________________________________________________________
6. John didn’t celebrate a party until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
Not until________________________________________________________
7. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
Such________________________________________________________
8. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked on the door.
No sooner________________________________________________________
9. It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March.
Seldom________________________________________________________
10. You won’t be allowed in until your identity has been checked.
Only________________________________________________________
11. Just after the play started, there was a power failure.
Hardly________________________________________________________
12. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as incept as this.
Rarely________________________________________________________
13. We had only just arrived home when the police called
Scarcely________________________________________________________
14. The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be a record.
Never before_____________________________________________________
15. The judge was taken ill just after the trial proceeding began.
Barely________________________________________________________
16. Press photographers are banned from taking photographs back stage.
On no ________________________________________________________
17. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home.
Only________________________________________________________
18. The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.
Only when _____________________________________________________
19.He has first class brain but he also a tremendously hard worker.
Not only _____________________________________________________
20.They had granted one increase of pay than they asked for another no sooner.
No sooner_____________________________________________________
