Hardly did he 见 Never did we
hardly/no sooner
（1）Hardly had we got into the country ____ it began to rain.
(2) I had scarcely come in ____ the phone ran.
(3) He had barely arrived ____ he had to leave again.
(4) He had no sooner returned ____ he bought a fine house.
我知道这些句型都是“刚一……就……”，但是我总记不住什么时候使用 when，什么时候使用 than，有时候记住了，过一个阶段又忘了。
这几个句型是很容易弄混的。例如，有一本英语著作在讲 than 的用法时说：than 用于 other 之后表示“除……之外”；用于 rather, sooner 之后表示“与其……（宁愿）……”；用于 scarcely, hardly 之后，表示“就……（表示时间）”。其实，scarcely 和 hardly 并不能与 than 连用表示时间。为了牢记正确的用法，可以采用这样的记忆方法：在上列句型里，than 只与副词的比较级连用（no sooner... than），而副词 scarcely 和 hardly, barely 不是比较级，不能与 than 连用，而只能与 when 或 before 连用：
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He had no sooner arrived than he asked for food. (CGEL) 他刚到,就要食物。
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We'd hardly arrived before we had to go back. (LDCE) 我们刚到,就得往回返。
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He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. (New Concept English, Book 2, L. 38) 他刚刚住下来，就把那幢房子卖了，离开了这个国家。