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Example sentences for "said then"

  • Yes, it is fair that I should give such a pledge," I said then.

  • We do not put their power very high," he said then.

  • But now they went on through the length of six weeks and never saw land, and he said then, "We are astray on the great ocean that has no boundaries.

  • I am-a poet," he said then, "and a teller of tales.

  • And you, Luchta," he said then to his carpenter, "what will you do?

  • There is a trick now for you, Tadg O'Cealaigh," he said then.

  • And I said then to him, "Sir, my father and mother (on whose souls GOD have mercy!

  • I will tell you exactly what I think, Olga," he said then, in a tone that was utterly different from any he had used to her before.

  • Olga," he said then, speaking very softly, "will you tell me something?

  • You will be all right when you have eaten something," he said then, "and had another sleep.

  • We thought it would be easier for you than the truth," he said then.

  • I came in," he said then, "to tell you that the de Vignes have offered to put us up at their place for the wedding.

  • It is a great privilege to meet you," he said then, and Dinah perceived at once that he had prepared that remark for someone much more imposing than herself, and had not time to readjust it.

  • If Dinah had seriously wanted to get away from it, she should have married your brother," he said then.

  • I can't tell you that, old fellow," he said then.

  • I was just figuring out the way to work it," he said then, explaining his silence.

  • The blessing of the poor rests on you, dear little Miss," he said then, "the blessing of the poor and the fatherless.

  • I can lend you the money if you wish it," he said then abruptly.

  • You promised you'd go," he said then slowly.

  • You needn't worry about your mother, Sally," he said then.

  • He is in his own shanty on my farm," he said then.

  • Perhaps it's hardly worth while going on," he said then.

  • I presume you are aware," he said then, "that Mrs. Ranger has left for Brennerstadt?

  • He said then that he didn't mean he wanted to suffocate, and she opened the one on the other side.

  • I will explain at once my business," he said then.

  • My father was a brave man," I said then; "he won his Victoria Cross.

  • I do not discuss these things with anybody," he said then, coldly.

  • I have not heard that my shares are worth fifteen pounds," he said then, with a direct, meaning little smile.

  • Charing Cross, 5:15," he said then, with the grave brevity of one who announces a momentous decision.

  • I said then, in order to prove General Grant a good man, it was not necessary to try and prove that Johnson was a bad one.

  • I said then it was comparatively easy to foretell the issue of these wars--excepting one.

  • But, as I said then, I say now--make way for an administration that starts from the worn and faded covers of a Bible presented by a mother's hand at parting.

  • It is true that I do not love you in that sort of fashion, Kitty," he said then.

  • Our circulation is scarcely large enough to warrant our meeting your expenses," he said then.

  • I cannot pretend to misunderstand you, Kitty," he said then; "I do know what you mean.

  • A strange foreboding of some direful happening doth rest heavily upon my mind," he said then.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "said then" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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