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Terms for subject Cliche / convention containing не успеть.., как | all forms | in specified order only
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| не успеешь оглянуться, как | before you know (Before you know, the kids will grow up. ART Vancouver) |
| не успеешь оглянуться, как | before you know it (It's early August but before you know it, kids will head back to school. – не успеешь оглянуться, как дети снова пойдут в школу ART Vancouver) |
| не успел ..., как | had hardly (+ past participle + before: He had hardly been in the house five minutes before the police arrived. – Не успел он пробыть в доме и пяти минут, как приехала полиция. • "The hall door had hardly slammed behind our visitor before Holmes had descended the stair." – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ART Vancouver) |
| не успел ..., как | hardly had ... than (Hardly had the Count departed London than the owner of the hotel received a call from his banker that the Count's cheque had bounced. – Не успел граф отбыть из Лондона, как ... ART Vancouver) |