Example sentences of "i decided [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg Dyke and I decided to explore the possibility of sponsorship , which could well be of great value in London Weekend Television 's long-term future . |
| 2 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
| 3 | So , before the rhymes get too painful and the chainsaw too piercing , I decided to state the obvious . |
| 4 | Marx , at No. 13 with Take This Heart , admitted : ‘ I decided to cancel the show because it was pouring with rain and I knew I could be electrocuted . |
| 5 | I was working in a heart clinic off Harley Street as a receptionist and delivery boy when I decided to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 6 | I decided to go the house a few gardens away where a few pitiful meows brings some food from the woman . |
| 7 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
| 8 | I decided to take the bus to Strandhill , on Sligo Bay , and follow the road in a circle around Queen Maeve 's hill of Knocknarea . |
| 9 | I decided to take the boat from Ireland and go up to Scotland . |
| 10 | After a little consideration I decided to take the job on . |
| 11 | Nancy and I decided to take the two . |
| 12 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 13 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 14 | I decided to take the road back to Les Glycines . |
| 15 | I decided to take the initiative . ’ |
| 16 | After tearing both my ACL and MCL ( medial collateral ligament ) in a skiing accident last season , I decided to take the latter course and found that I could ski relatively safely with the aid of a brace . |
| 17 | Benjamin wandered off , saying he wished to speak to Waldegrave , so I decided to take the air in the garden behind the chateau . |
| 18 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
| 19 | I decided to give the authorities the slip and went through the bathroom window of the hotel and got myself lost in Moscow . |
| 20 | I decided to give the combined mode a try since I was using a fairly fast 386DX — it was still painfully slow so I reverted to separate modes . |
| 21 | ‘ I was brought up in Nigeria , ’ he explained to the court , ‘ and when the consequences of the drought became obvious I decided to put the national interest first and perform the n'dula , a naked rain dance , on the village green . |
| 22 | He jumped brilliantly and I decided to put the pressure on to get away from them at the top of the hill . |
| 23 | Although their house was still some distance away , I decided to finish the journey on foot . |
| 24 | We had first hung the avant-garde pictures in our main room , but as the man in charge of our building , and a local policeman , sometimes called on us , my wife and I decided to hang the pictures in the bedroom and put the icons in the living room . |
| 25 | ( know thine enemy ) I wanted to know everything there was to know about lymphoma , but I decided to save the questions — and the wit — for my own doctor who has an excellent sense of humour . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew you were following me as soon as you left the hotel yard , and I decided to turn the tables . |
| 27 | I decided to watch the television in my room , or listen to the radio , and get to sleep early so I could be up just after dawn to catch a wasp for the Factory . |
| 28 | Its funny cos I decided to watch the fa youth cup final from last year on friday … coincidence or what . |
| 29 | Recently qualified and having had similar thoughts , I decided to examine the facts and find out for myself . |
| 30 | It was then that I decided to invoke the help of the Commissioner . " |