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| не успел ..., как (+ 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) | |||
| had hardly: 26 phrases in 3 subjects |
| Cliche / convention | 2 |
| General | 13 |
| Makarov | 11 |