Usage Examples Inversion, Ellipsis, Substitution

• Never had they spent money so freely. -
• Sorry for upsetting you. I didn't mean to. -
• The punishment for the criminal was tough but fair. -
• I was surprised, and so were the others. -
• We ran out of flour, I need to buy some. -
• I knew he wasn't home. -
• Seldom was the child so quiet. -
• There goes Halloween. -
• Only then did she come closer. -
• Only then did I begin to think. -
• Never had we spent so many days apart. -
• Little did she know she would love it. -
• No sooner did I come home than my mum started shouting at me. -
• I shouldn't eat junk food, and neither should you. -
• There goes another love song. -
• There goes the holiday. -
• Never had I been so angry. -
• Only if you close the deal will you get promoted. -
• I have won the competition before and I will do so again next year. -
• She didn't want to cook, and neither did her sister. -