no sooner…than…

The Crown s6 ep 02- No sooner had she brought the princes back than she returned to Paris

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"But no sooner had the man fitted it into his ax‐head than he quickly began to use it..."

Charlie Brooker’s Viral Wipe (2020)

No sooner had lockdown began than reporters ran outdoors to see what a world where you weren’t allowed outdoors was like.

BBC Documentary- 'Blitz Spirit- Lucy Worsley'

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The Crown (2016-) s01 ep 5 

No sooner does someone in the family pop their clogs (than) they ask themselves: ‘How was it done last time?’

The Crown s04 ep 04- No sooner are we found than Dad tells me off!

Frost/Nixon (2008)- 

…no sooner did you get into the White House than US involvement in Vietnam deepened…

Joe Biden had barely sat behind his desk at the Oval Office than a pile of folders was put on his desk.  (No sooner had Joe Biden sat…than a pile of folders…)