Example sentences of "decided make " in BNC.

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1 So she decided to make away with him . ’
2 I decided to make one last attempt after which I would start looking for a place from where I could obtain a map of the city .
3 In fact ‘ they ’ said a lot of things when Wild Country decided to make a Flexible Friend 3 .
4 ‘ We decided to make a commitment and moved down to Malton in North Yorkshire so we could go to Bible College .
5 This summer the government decided to make life difficult for Edgar Tekere and his newly-formed opposition Zimbabwe Unity Party ( ZUP ) which was contesting a by-election in Harare .
6 To his horror , Legia — obviously inspired by American television — decided to make him the $6m man , a fee which inevitably frightened off even the wealthy Italians .
7 In 1947 Claud decided to make a complete break with his past and they settled near her family home in Youghal in a derelict Georgian mansion belonging to an American policeman which they rented for £150 a year .
8 Mick informed me that the Brigade Major had gone to pay No. 4 Commando a visit , so I decided to make my own way there and keep out of the Brigade Major 's path as much as possible .
9 I decided to make for the orchard and the safety of my own trench .
10 Earlier this year the Branch decided to make very substantial donations to the RAF Benevolent Fund and to Richard Peck House .
11 He decided to make Maurice understood by the undergraduates of Durham University .
12 ‘ I decided to make a go of it , ’ she says
13 Tolkien and Lewis , in some of the same spirit , decided to make a party issue out of the election to the Oxford Chair of Poetry in 1938 .
14 Miss Huntley asked anxiously , and he decided to make the best of a bad job .
15 Peter Yeo , who had been watching his partners , realized that he and Tim were not carrying the other two and decided to make another effort .
16 Virtually no information existed on the biology and distribution of the dolphin , until two Auckland University graduates decided to make the species the subject of their doctoral theses .
17 Party bosses , nicknamed ‘ The Syndicate ’ , decided to make her prime minister , expecting to manipulate her while using her name to get votes .
18 We decided to make the change . ’
19 Whereas Bismarck had wanted constantly to reassure the other countries of Europe that Germany was satiated , and wanted to act as an honest broker between East and West ( his banker , Bleichröder , tartly remarked that there is no such thing as an honest broker ) , Wilhelmine Germany decided to make a bid for power in competition nth the other great powers , chiefly Britain .
20 Gerard Fusil , relieved that so many teams had made it across Costa Rica , decided to make the parachuting stage for fun only , making GIGN the winners at the end of the ride 'n' run .
21 Realizing that there was little chance of getting into such a defended area undetected , they decided to make for the rendezvous , contenting themselves with placing their bombs on vehicles parked for the night alongside the road .
22 Schott decided to make a break for the main rendezvous point with Stirling , and set off in the 3-tonner with his men .
23 At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick .
24 Halfway through the trip he decided to make the mouthful even more exciting .
25 In February 1973 , when I first decided to make the journey , there can have been few twenty-eight year olds who were less fit for the task .
26 In preparation for likely positional changes next season , captain Liz Oehlers decided to make some interesting alterations to the side , effectively swapping the defence with the forwards .
27 In spring 1987 the information division of the DHSS decided to make checking procedures more systematic , which meant that the checker was not selected by the IPG at NACAB central office and was not directly accessible to it .
28 When Hollywood moguls decided to make a feature film of Gungha Din they brought Sir Robert from Canada to act as technical advisor .
29 I did n't see why he should get away with it so I decided to make his day for him .
30 He decided to make light of it .
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