Sentence examples similar to hardly had...when from inspiring English sources

Hardly had Williams retired when the College encountered further shocks, but this time from within the Congregational fold.

His caddie swore he "hardly had a heartbeat" when he showed up for the final round.

Hardly had he settled in when troubles came from every side.

We've hardly had to shop this year, when previously we had been spending £40 a week filling in the gaps.

The results showed that the single Fe2B phase coating hardly had stable anti-erosion capability when the coating thickness was less than 20 μm under the continuous impacts.

Hardly had he finished the picture when he was drafted into wartime military service with the Army Air Corps.

Hardly had Miramar appeared when the Israeli victory in the 1967 six-days war, a defeat that was as humiliating as it was unexpected, rocked the Arab world.

Hardly had the delegates arrived when the Herald reported that one of the prospective platform speakers, Christie Vilsack, the First Lady of Iowa, had criticized the way blacks, Southerners, and Easterners speak.

The Livingston players hardly had time to draw breath when they eventually arrived at Ibrox shortly before the scheduled kick-off time.

Hardly had their venture been launched when the price of oil, already weak, really collapsed and the industry sank deep into recession.

When I was at Reading two years ago when we hardly had any points on the board after 10 games and we just clicked into place and we worked on that".