Complete the following sentence: No sooner did the thief see the policeman _____________.
- A. he ran away
- B. he had run away
- C. when he ran away
- D. than he ran away
Explanation
The correlative construction is “no sooner ... than”: “No sooner did the thief see the policeman than he ran away.” “When” belongs with constructions such as “hardly ... when.”
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