Then-and-there Sentence Examples

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  • They gave me the contract right then and there.

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  • Right then and there I decided I was going to marry him.

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  • Don't make a decision right then and there in the showroom.

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  • If something doesn't fit properly, the tailor will have to fix it then and there.

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  • She decided then and there that her life would be devoted to helping others fight the ongoing battle of the bulge.

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  • When housebreaking a dog, it is critical to catch the dog in the act of voiding and correct the action then and there.

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  • After the first season, the episode format was changed so now the dancers who make it to callbacks in Las Vegas dance for the judges and the top 20 dancers are selected right then and there.

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  • If you play Scrabble regularly, either with friends or your family, the easiest way to have a Scrabble word finder right then and there during a game is to designate a bipartial individual.

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  • If people see you play live and enjoy your show, they may want to buy music right then and there - and better for you to get them then instead of hoping they remember to visit your site the next day.

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  • The first time I saw him his eyes touched my soul and I fell in love then and there.

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  • They prepared for flight to America - a step which Napoleon took care to prevent; and a popular outbreak at Aranjuez decided the king then and there to abdicate (19th of March 1808).

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  • Man cannot save himself, but is saved then and there so soon as he believes God's promises, and to doubt these is the supreme crime.

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  • The criminal laws were of extreme severity, even petty theft being punished by the thief being enslaved to the person he had robbed, while to steal a tobacco pouch or twenty ears of corn was death; he who pilfered in the market was then and there beaten to death, and he who insulted Xipe, the god of the goldand silversmiths, by stealing his precious metal, was skinned alive and sacrificed to the offended deity.

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  • The scientific movement had happily been content for the time with a half which, then and there at least, was more than the whole.

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  • If a lot of people are very proficient in variations of the hora, you can expect to learn it right then and there on your feet while the circle is spinning.

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  • When a novice sewer takes a first glance at a sewing pattern, she is bound to give up the project right then and there.

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