Improve the bracketed part of the given sentence.
(No sooner I saw) the lizard than I ran away.

Options

A. As soon as I saw
B. No sooner I had seen
C. No sooner did I see
D. No Improvement

Answer

C

Explanation

As the structure suggests. No sooner did I see is the right usage.
Here than has been used.
No sooner ... than are the correct pair of Correlatives.