Sentence examples for for no sooner from inspiring English sources

The first launching is now scheduled for no sooner than March 22.

But the rewards of such a conquest cannot last, for no sooner does the man fully know the woman than her identity becomes dully human, distinct from his own.

For no sooner has he begun the quiz than they are teasing him for clues or pressing him for clarification, and all in the same exuberant tongue, with its "o" and "oi" sounds, and its hints of known languages.

For, no sooner have Real set up the direct debit on David Beckham's move to Spain, than the whole world of football hackery is bracing itself for earthquake-in-China-scale repercussions.

For no sooner did they get possession of the towns than they choose out all the best favoured boys and made them eunuchs, while the most beautiful of the girls they tore from their homes and sent as presents to the king, at the same time burning the cities themselves, with their temples.

For no sooner is war proclaimed than they search out the smoothest and fairest plain that is to be found in all the land, and there they assemble and fight; whence it comes to pass that even the conquerors depart with great loss: I say nothing of the conquered, for they are destroyed altogether.

June 15th Everything began all over again immediately: arrival of manuscripts, requests, people's stories, each person mercilessly pushing ahead his own little demand (for love, for gratitude): no sooner has she departed than the world deafens me with its continuance.

For someone with a reputation for lofty diffidence, he seems to have been on a charm offensive for weeks: no sooner had their headline slot been announced than he took to Twitter to claim, a little implausibly, that he was going to stay on site in a yurt.

His manager came in for one – no sooner had it begun than she walked out, but it still went towards the total.

For example, no sooner has the film opened with a missile flight and hydrogen bomb burst than a menu appears offering two bits of extra material.

For instance, no sooner had Air Mauritius bought Airbus A340S in 1994 than it obtained an upgrade from Paris Orly to Charles de Gaulle airport, which is Air France's main base with better onward connections.Aircraft purchases have long been associated with controversy.