Example sentences of "decided take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than go straight on to drama college , she decided to take a year out to travel . |
| 2 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
| 3 | We had reorganisations there , you know , every time they had a reorganisation a patch got bigger , and the workload got heavier , er , and in the last ten months of my period there , I did sort of thirty five thousand miles and a job as well , so I thought , blimey I 'm into mortality tables , if somebody else 's car had got my name written on it , so I decided to take a change . |
| 4 | While my mother was away I decided to take a trip myself , and took refuge in my old home town , South Shields , now changed almost unrecognizably . |
| 5 | She decided to take a look at the harbour . |
| 6 | So we decided to take a look at some of the alternatives available — with one proviso , they all cost less than £10 . |
| 7 | And in the interests of doing a good job I decided to take a look at the place myself . ’ |
| 8 | Instead , she decided to take a look at the old church — mellow golden Cotswold stone , skirted by crazy-angled tombstones . |
| 9 | So we decided to take a look at just a little of what was on offer — comparing the leading firework brand with a cheaper one on offer . |
| 10 | Suddenly he decided to take a chance : somehow they would get Therese on to the stage in that ridiculous boy 's costume and let her sing . |
| 11 | On my last full day in Sligo Town , I decided to take a taxi southeasterly into County Leitrim , and if possible see Woodbrook , the house brought to life by the able pen of David Thomson . |
| 12 | It was a relief to be in the open air again but , lacking a street-rap , I decided to take a taxi to the riverside and find my way about from there . |
| 13 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 14 | The scientists said anyone who decided to take a dip to cool off might end up with a nasty stomach upset , eye and skin problems or , worse still , hepatitis . |
| 15 | IT WAS almost shock horror time when the blues recently got up one morning and decided to take a walk through the pop charts in the form of John Lee Hooker 's ‘ Boom Boom ’ . |
| 16 | The Chernobyl visit was just one of many reasons why the inquiry was still running when even the conscientious Barnes decided to take a summer break . |
| 17 | King 's Park donned its best festive garb for the occasion and , self-indulgent though it appeared in the face of widespread township violence and the ANC 's call for a two-day national strike , white South Africa decided to take a break from its myriad woes . |
| 18 | As a last resort he decided to take a leaf out of the Oriental 's book , by using psychological warfare against him . |
| 19 | She decided to take a train to Arles , idly wondering whether there was any trace of Van Gogh left . |
| 20 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 21 | In mitigation Duncan Smith said Stevenson and his friend had been drinking in a pub and decided to take a car to get back home . |
| 22 | I decided to take a lot of the fruit , and to put it to dry in the sun for a time . |
| 23 | We decided to take a group of young people from this area over to Backnong in Germany , Chelmsford 's twin town . |
| 24 | I used to stagger off to work like a complete zombie until I decided to take a lesson from the Chinese . |