• No sooner had he left his midday news conference than 14 Republicans were on hand to tell reporters that proposing immediate withdrawal was outrageous and out of the question.

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  • But no sooner had he scored than Tait was off again, able to watch from the bench as Cipriani landed the conversion to make the score 23-10 in England's favour.

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  • No sooner had he located the device than an eager salesperson approached and tried to persuade him to buy an extra gadget and a monthly data plan that offered perpetual 4G Internet access.

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  • No sooner had he located the device than an eager salesperson approached and tried to persuade him to buy an extra gadget that would give him perpetual 4G Internet access, with a monthly data plan.

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  • No sooner had he ridden out the squalls from his ill-advised attack on law-student and reproductive rights advocate Sandra Fluke, and his follow-up drive-by on journalist Tracie McMillan, than he ventured into potentially even more treacherous waters: Twitter.

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  • When my colleague Fred Allen went to a Best Buy store in Manhattan intending to pick up an iPad, no sooner had he located the device than an eager salesperson approached and tried to persuade him to buy an extra gadget that would give him perpetual 4G Internet access, with a monthly data plan.

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  • But no sooner than he had raised his bat than he played around a delivery from Ryan ten Doeschate that knocked out the off stump.

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  • No sooner had the duke left the prison than he received a sharp rebuke from the two Catholic prison chaplains, the Rev John J Murphy and the Rev (later Monsignor) Tom Toner.

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  • Yet, no sooner had the demonstrators folded up their banners this week than he announced exceptions to the new rule, for farmers and other hard labourers.

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  • And no sooner had Marchionne welcomed a chorus of congratulations with the earnings report than he also released an updated long-term product plan for Chrysler brands that soberly confirmed recent reports that he has had to slash some expected new models and push others off into the future.

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  • No sooner had Charles Clarke, the home secretary, stressed the dangers of cannabis (though he has no plans to reclassify it so that possession would attract stronger penalties) than, across town, a company legally growing the stuff told investors that business was booming.

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  • And no sooner had Andy Burnham, the health secretary, published a white paper on March 30th than he called for yet another commission to be established.

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  • No sooner had she sat down with Mr Aliev in his seaside palace, lit by giant chandeliers, than he vented his anger at Armenia.

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