Inversion of the verb after certain adverbs! Inversão do verbo seguido de alguns advérbios! Bikeride under freezing weather in São Paulo!

Flirck

Hardly ever does the weather get that cold in São Paulo! Despite such  low temperature, it does not prevent a bunch of jolly bikeriders from enjoying a ride to its fullest!!

The mood warms up even more at the arrival of each biker  a few minutes before the departure to the unknown day itinerary through the surprinsing  slopes of the city.

Never had I noticed or even felt those charming roads "in the gardens"could be such a pain ! It hurts sooooooo much !! What a challenge to get over with and make worth the 7:00 o'clock rising time under such freezing gloomy day( NOT TO US though!!)
The falling down drizzle which we long for when riding on hot days, felt like a refreshment. The gray sky, like a  tree shadow on sunny  hot days.The wind, like a breeze we dream of when dying of the heat on these days.
It is always a true delightment for these many people who seem to have the sun in their soul and are heat up by the spirit and energy of one another, to go for it!
We were  about 100 people in the end!


Such adverbs (adverb phrases) can be placed first in a sentence or clause for emphasis. They are then followed by the interrogative (i.e. inverted ) form of the verb.

The most important of these adverbs include:
■hardly ever ■never ■scarcely ever■only by■in no circumstances ■only in this way on no account■hardly . . . when ■only then/when no sooner . . . than ■scarcely . . . when
■not only ■seldom■nowhere ■not till ■so ■neither/nor
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