C2 · Word order

Literary inversion & correlatives

Nauwelijks … of, mocht, al zou, niet alleen … maar ook, and fronted degree phrases.

Scarcely was he inside when the phone rang.
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Not only did he lie, but he also stole money.
Had she not intervened, it would have gone wrong.
However tired she was, she kept on working.
Even if you begged me, I wouldn't do it.
Whoever wants to come is welcome.
Only after the vote did it emerge that the figures were wrong.
So great was his anger that he could no longer speak.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.