Example sentences of "he decide [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé . |
| 2 | There was a long silence , during which he decided to leave this unpromising subject . |
| 3 | Mr Prior has been involved in planning new kitchens while working in major restaurants and hotel groups , so he decided to use all his experience when it came to his own establishment . |
| 4 | He decided to abandon this mode of travel . |
| 5 | He decided to shift all the T-shirts . |
| 6 | He had memories of Vienna before the 1939 war , and liked people who took care over such things as coffee — proper , expensive coffee — as he tried to himself , however much he decided to ignore most of the facts of being poor . |
| 7 | One evening , while they were dining out at a restaurant , he decided to buy some condoms from a machine . |
| 8 | Will he tell the House why he decided to override that advice ? |
| 9 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 10 | A.G. v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [ 1975 ] A.C. 295 , he held that , since the council was engaged in law enforcement duties , he had a discretion whether or not to require the council to give an undertaking in damages as a prerequisite of the grant of an interlocutory injunction , and he decided to exercise that discretion against requiring such an undertaking . |
| 11 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 12 | so embedded now in English cricket folklore : the lost teeth at Taunton in '74 when Andy Roberts bounced him ( ‘ my first big break ’ ) , his dark months of Test captaincy , Headingley '81 , when he decided to have some fun and whacked 149 not out ( ‘ soon the depression lifted ’ ) , Hollywood ( ‘ nice little diversion ’ ) , the accusations of misbehaviour off the field ( ‘ ridiculous ’ , ‘ farcical ’ , ‘ part of the learning process ’ ) , thoughts on the World Cup ( ‘ Pakistan were lucky to get to the final ’ ) , the Somerset break-up . |
| 13 | She shot a swift glance at Paul in case he decided to amend this statement , but he merely smiled quirkily and said , ‘ Exactly ! ’ |
| 14 | Such an outcome would have been so great a blow to Edward II 's prestige that he decided to throw all his resources into reaching the garrison and destroying the besiegers . |
| 15 | Sensing the game which was being played , he decided to throw several balls in the air for Muldoon to catch , if he could . |
| 16 | In his introduction , Tony Greenbank gives an honest personal account of the reasons why he decided to produce this book . |
| 17 | His knowledge of the Anglican religious communities , such as it was , made him think that if he decided to try this out , Mirfield in Yorkshire would be the right place ; for at Mirfield many of the fathers had a vocation to teach , or to hear confessions . |
| 18 | Because Mr. Thorpe resides for part of the time in London , he decided to try another Health Authority . |
| 19 | I go for Dirkin before he decides to use that knife . |
| 20 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 21 | The same feeling of brooding menace wells up on his version of Presley 's ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ , only he decides to leave any anger on hold and transforms the rock ‘ n ’ roll classic into a haunting ballad that sounds as though it came from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe rather than that of Axton , Durden and Presley . |
| 22 | If he decides to summon such a meeting , the meeting must be held not more than four months from the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.79(1) ) , and the official receiver must inform the court and give at least twenty-one days ' notice to all creditors ( r 6.79(2) ) . |