Example sentences of "be no sooner [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belle and I floored another hen betwixt the pair of us , and I shall be no sooner done with the present writing racket than I shall put myself outside a pint of Guinness . |
| 2 | He is no sooner seen than lost . ’ |
| 3 | Frequently the balance is no sooner found than upset again . |
| 4 | But this ringing declaration is no sooner issued than it has to be qualified virtually out of existence . |
| 5 | After Melanie shopped , she helped her aunt , either serving in their own shop or writing out price tags or performing the endless task of polishing the woodwork of counter and drawers , a Forth Bridge of polishing that was no sooner completed than the messy fingers of small customers meant it must be started again . |
| 6 | Niki 's three hard-earned points made the score 64 to 47 and the race was no sooner ended than the Ferrari dirty-tricks brigade was at work again in Paris , wrapping up their exclusion of Hunt from the podium at Brands Hatch . |