Usage Examples Inversion, Ellipsis, Substitution

• Are you ready to go? I am. -
• Had it not been for my friend, I would not have done it. -
• Only then did I fall asleep. -
• Only later did they realize they made a terrible mistake. -
• Call you later. -
• I don't speak Spanish but she does. -
• There goes progress. -
• Had it not been for her mum, she would have chosen another university. -
• Only then did I learn something. -
• Only then did she look at him. -
• Little did I know it would be my last chance. -
• Never had we spent so many days apart. -
• He was sad you weren't at the party. -
• Hardly had he returned from Paris before he got back to work. -
• Hardly had she recovered from her disease before she fell ill again. -
• Only then did I understand the danger we were in. -
• She shouldn't smoke, and neither should you. -
• Here comes the prime minister! -
• She told me he was in Paris. -
• I knew he wasn't home. -