(3) 用于no sooner......than..., hardly....when 和not until的句型中。例如：

Not until quite recently did he finish his work.

Hardly had he finished when someone rose to refuse his points.

No sooner had he arrived there than he fell ill.

(4) as, however连接的主步副词分句，例如：

Small as the pen is, it is a powerful weapon.

However busy you are, you should spend some time reading the newspaper.

(5) 省略连词if的条件副词分句，例如：

Were I you, I would not do such a thing.

Should the machine break down again, send it back to us.

Had you worked harder, you would have passed.

(6) 由连接词so, neither, nor 引导的句子，例如

Tom can ride a bicycle; so can I.

She can't sing; nor (neither) can he.

John has never been late; nor (neither) have I.

二、从倒装句的功能来看，倒装句中以起到一些特定的语法功能，也可表示强调。

1.起到一些特定的语法功能

(1) 构成疑问句。例如：

Where did you go yesterday?

Were you listening to music at that time?

(2) 表示愿望的句子，例如：

May God bless you.

Long live the king!

(3) 构成感叹句，例如：

How beautiful the flower is!

What a smart boy you are!

2.表示强调

(1)把表示否定的副词或副词短语提到句子前，强调否定意义。例如：

Never have I seen such a wicked man.

On no account must this employee be removed.

Not until he told me had I heard anything of it.

(2)以here, there 或 out, in, up , down, away等词开头的句子，倒装以示强调。例如：

There goes the bell.

Here come the children.

Out rushed the children.

Away went the boy.

(3)Only 修饰的副词、介词短语或状语从句放在句首表示强调。例如：

Only then did I realize that I was wrong.

Only in this way can you learn from your mistakes.

Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.

(4)强调介词短语表示方位地点，用倒装。例如：

From the valley came a frightening sound.

North of the city lies a university.