Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] decide that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 2 | It evidently included an assertion that the local authority had wrongly decided that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 3 | He had obviously decided that too much deliberation would allow his nerves time to needle him . |
| 4 | The important truth about this story is not that Zacchaeus had a change of heart as though he had suddenly decided that the way back to God was through good works of charity . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , ’ said Dr Neil fiercely , for the baby had suddenly decided that , whatever position it was in , it was going to be born , ‘ give her the chloroform again , McAllister ; the baby is ready to be delivered . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Our conclusion was based on a ( spoken presentation ) by people who had already decided that Kent Opera would lose its subsidy . ’ |
| 7 | The smaller Gulf states had already decided that , under threat from their ex-champion Iraq , they should sensibly make up with their ex-enemy Iran . |
| 8 | Of the two galleries he could see , he had already decided that one was unmanned . |
| 9 | Indeed , the only people willing to endure this ordeal on a regular basis were the screaming queens who had already decided that the best way to cope was to flaunt it . |
| 10 | Viscount Dilhorne had already decided that the appeal should be dismissed before he turned to it . |
| 11 | Angelica had already decided that her money could be taken out of the petty cash and then lost in the books somewhere … and if ever they should be caught doing it , she did n't feel that it was a crime she 'd be ashamed of . |
| 12 | I had already decided that tomorrow I would take the train back to what was now your official European City of Culture for the following twelve months . |
| 13 | The State Department had already decided that if the Jews were turned down by Cuba , they would not be granted entry into the United States . |
| 14 | She had already decided that she would cook dinner . |
| 15 | Lucy had already decided that this would be the wisest course for her to take . |
| 16 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 17 | ‘ I had already decided that we 'd spent far too long apart . |
| 18 | I had already decided that my degree thesis would be on the life of this underrated painter from Milan . |
| 19 | After the war , the Church Commissioners had finally decided that the existing huge Victorian house was unmanageable and uneconomic , and had sold the site to a developer on the understanding that a maisonette on the ground and first floor should be made over , in perpetuity , to house the parish priest . |
| 20 | I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light . |
| 21 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 22 | Madame Weber had clearly decided that this brilliant , if not particularly wealthy , young man would make an admirable son-in-law . |
| 23 | Both of them , she felt , had simultaneously decided that they must be alone to talk — something that was impossible at home without arousing unwelcome curiosity . |
| 24 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 25 | Most analysts believed , however , that COPEI had simply decided that it had nothing to gain from being associated any longer with the deeply unpopular AD government . |
| 26 | He had almost decided that Marie had run out like that because she had found Bella dead or dying . |
| 27 | She had evidently decided that the policeman was a handsome as well as an agreeable fellow . |
| 28 | She had evidently decided that things were going to be all right . |
| 29 | The Army and RUC had previously decided that , while the demonstration was too big to be prevented , it should none the less be confined to the ghetto . |
| 30 | Already he had half decided that it had to be . |