Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. Parallel Commentaries. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
• Scarcely did one funeral carriage pass before another came into sight wending its way with its sorrowful burden to the burying grounds. . . . Those who had no ...
• Scarcely, I scarcely closed the door before he started talking. Scarcely did I close the door before he started talking. Seldom, We seldom cross the river after ...
• Oct 3, 2012 ... I had had so many interruptions this morning that I scarcely did any work. Am confused whether to use, did/ had done/ have done after the ...

• Scarcely had she put down the receiver when the phone rang again. Scarcely were the words spoken when he began to regret them. Collins COBUILD English  ...
• Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain. 3used to suggest that something is not at all reasonable or likely It was scarcely an occasion for laughter.
• Aug 20, 2013 ... ... using hardly/scarcely…when. Hardly had I reached the station when the train came. Scarcely had I reached the station when the train arrived.
• And scarcely had she put that question than God gave her the answer in her own heart. At present he still forgot what was said to him and still did not see what ...