help me on understanding "no sooner" in this sentence
"Alfred set his alarm clock to ring at six in the morning because he wanted to get up early. it seemed to him that he no sooner (go) to sleep than the alarm (ring)..."

can any body help to explain to me what the 2nd sentence means with the phrase "no sooner"?, and For the words in bracket, can you replace them with the correct form of the verbs?

thank you n appreciated

Question

help me on understanding "no sooner" in this sentence
"Alfred set his alarm clock to ring at six in the morning because he wanted to get up early. it seemed to him that he no sooner (go) to sleep than the alarm (ring)..."

can any body help to explain to me what the 2nd sentence means with the phrase "no sooner"?, and For the words in bracket, can you replace them with the correct form of the verbs?

thank you n appreciated

Answer

"seemed to him that no sooner had he gone to sleep than the alarm rang" means something similar to "it seemed to him that as soon as he had gone to sleep, the alarm rang"

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