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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ask right then" is not standard in written English and may be confusing.
It could be used in informal contexts to suggest asking a question at a specific moment, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "If you have any doubts about the project, make sure to ask right then during the meeting."
Alternatives: "ask at that moment" or "inquire right away".
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He didn't ask right then, but when the time was right he did take a knee, ringless, and ask her to marry him -- clearly she said yes.
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If you ask right away then they won't let you, but if you try to be a more responsible person, eventually your parents will let you get a new AIM screen name.
I know that Omid Djalili is in a game, and then the night i got approached about this, Jonathan Ross was asked, was being asked right there and then to be in another one, so he's popping up at some point in another game.
Now, suppose the two of you have been together for a few years, then people will ask right in front of him in order to let your guy know he better shit or get off the pot.
That was when they had had only one child, and it was nighttime when she asked and right then that one baby girl started crying for more of everything and he never got to answer her and she never asked the question again.
When she said that she had been raped aged 12, 2Day FM's shock jock, Kyle Sandilands, who presented the show with DJ Jackie O'Neil, then asked: "Right, and is that the only sexual experience you've had?" The interview ended after O'Neil stepped in and she and Sandilands apologised.
"He asked me right then and there if I would choreograph his show".
I don't know where my next thought came from but I asked her right then, "Tough day at school?" Suddenly, like the clearing of a storm cloud, her face softened.
In a version that was not broadcast, Corbett was to be replaced by a buxom woman who would ask the customer: "Right then, young man, what kind of knockers do you want?" Sketches like these – which can be quoted verbatim by viewers of a certain age – wove themselves into the fabric of British vernacular in the 1970s and 80s, as did Corbett and Barker's catchphrases.
I asked her out right then and there.
If you go into an office and ask about available positions, you may be asked to do an interview right then and there.
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