He had no sooner seen her

[nohabloingleas]

Can you start a sentence with "He had no sooner seen her..."

 

[Rover_KE]

It's possible. How would you complete such a sentence?

 

[jutfrank]

No sooner had he seen her ...

Start off with 'No sooner' and then follow with a subject-auxiliary inversion.

 

[nohabloingleas]

It's possible. How would you complete such a sentence?

I do not know. I was asking this because a textbook stated that this could not be possible for some reason and I just realised why. Because of weird spacing, I missed the other part of the sentence which made it incorrect.

The other part is "he tried to get her attention" which lacks a linking word.

Thank you for the answer.

 

[Tarheel]

Than?