Example sentences of "he decided [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been very painful for Muldoon to have to pass on the bad news , so he decided to leave for the States and let the Detroit executive personnel Director handle Mark 's affairs . |
| 2 | After half a mile he decided to turn off the embankment and walk up the side of the next field and along the path at the top of it , following the horses whom he could still see in the distance . |
| 3 | He joined the RAF fresh from A-levels and says he decided to go for the degree so he would have another string to his bow . |
| 4 | He decided to go for the label of being a careful writer . |
| 5 | At the beginning of January he decided to go to the US for two months and then come back . |
| 6 | Churchill had been thinking of delaying his resignation , even if defeated , until after the weekend ; but the results were so devastating to his party that on the very evening of the declaration of most of them — 26 July — he decided to go to the palace , resign his commission as Prime Minister , and invite the King to send for Attlee . |
| 7 | He decided to deal with the problem in a way which imported a substantial element of farce into the overcharged atmosphere , although his object was not to provide light relief . |
| 8 | He decided to dispense with the goodlooking , personable high-achiever destined to succeed and instead back the incumbent of this space . |
| 9 | He decided to appeal to the people on a speaking tour through the country . |
| 10 | Eventually , he decided to continue in the role of co-skipper with the American , Skip Novak . |
| 11 | He decided to return to the question of the letter . |
| 12 | It is evident that the deputy head soon realised that he had set himself an enormous task , despite the fact that he decided to focus on the work of three ‘ target ’ pupils . |
| 13 | He decided to come to the point . |
| 14 | He decided to write to the minister instead of calling again . |
| 15 | ‘ Come on you bugger , show yourself , ’ he muttered He decided to wade into the pool . |
| 16 | He had arrived by bus , now he decided to cut across the Heath , through Greenwich Park and to Rose 's flat . |
| 17 | If he decided to accede to the request — and precedent suggested that it would be very difficult for him to refuse it — then he would have a further 60 days to appoint a panel to decide upon a prosecutor . |
| 18 | He was a financial and moral pillar of the Catholic Church , and Mary Rose devoted herself to committees and fund-raising when he decided to run for the Senate . |
| 19 | He was linked with Cardiff in the summer when he decided to stay at the Brewery Field . |
| 20 | he decided to stay in the room and watch , |
| 21 | Back on Venturous , Phil Andrews again hit the headlines in the early days of the pirate radio ships when , during a routine patrol off the Essex Coast he decided to speak to the Caroline to ascertain if bonded stores were carried . |
| 22 | There was still over an hour to go before his rendezvous with Rose and he decided to walk around the jewellers ' shops to find something he could afford . |