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- Hardly ______________ when it began to rain.
- He had a lot of friends, only a few of ______ invited to his wedding.
- He had hardly reached home _______ an unexpected guest came to visit him.
- He had little idea that it was getting so late, _____?
- He had promised to come and help us, and ___.
- He said that only after he went abroad _______ what his motherland meant to him.
- He spent at least as much time reading as you _______on line yesterday.
- He was finally admitted to Beijing University. Never in all his life ______ so happy.
- How was your weekend, Rose?–Awful! This was the first time I ________ alone at home, bored to death.
- I had _________ entered the classroom when I noticed the headmaster was sitting at the back.