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  • Not _________ was the restaurant in need of cleaning, it was also overcrowded.
    only
  • Say the sentence using inversion. I have rarely seen such breathtaking countryside.
    Rarely have I seen such breathtaking countryside.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. As soon as I got home, I realised I'd left my bag in the shops. No sooner ...
    No sooner had I got home than I realised I'd left my bag in the shops.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. You can only understand your own country when we go abroad.
    Only when you go abroad can you understand your own country.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. The doctors have rarely seen a more difficult case.
    Rarely have the doctors seen a more difficult case.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. We didn't realize we had been robbed until we got home.
    Not until we got home did we realize we had been robbed.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. The police didn't suspect at all that the judge was the murderer. Little ____________________ as being the murderer.
    Little did the police suspect the judge as being the murderer.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. As soon as we had found our seats the show started.
    No sooner had we found our seats than the show started.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. It wasn't until two hours later that the plane finally took off.
    Not until two hours later did the plane finally take off.
  • Never again ________ we return to this so-called "restaurant".
    will
  • Rarely _______ I been treated so rudely by staff in a restaurant.
    have
  • Not until two full hours later _______ our meal finally arrive.
    did
  • Say the sentence using inversion. She was not only well dressed, but she was also beautiful.
    Not only was she well dressed, but she was also beautiful.
  • Hardly had we sat down at our table ________ the waiter told us we had to move again.
    when
  • Only _______ we threatened to leave without paying did the manager pay any attention.
    when
  • Say the sentence using inversion. It was only when I asked a passer-by that I realised where I was. Not until ...
    Not until I asked a passer-by did I realise where I was.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder. Not only ...
    Not only did Harry break his leg, but he also injured his shoulder.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. The facts were not all made public at the time. Only later ...
    Only later were the facts all made public.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. I had hardly switched on my laptop when the battery ran out.
    Hardly had I switched on my laptop when the battery ran out.
  • Say the sentence using inversion. I have never been so insulted in all my life.
    Never in all my life have I been so insulted.
  • No _________ had we started eating than we noticed that our chicken was uncooked.
    sooner