Example sentences of "[conj] decided [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They had been discussing the idea that a pet should be for life not just for Christmas and decided to take the idea a step further , ’ she said . |
| 2 | When we were all sat down and Mrs F was serving out the stew , I ignored Vern and decided to take the situation into my own hands . |
| 3 | She went home and told her parents , her dad came up to school , and decided to take the matter to the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 4 | When he moved into this intriguing 19th-century house , he had a clear idea of how he wanted it to look and decided to design the decor himself . |
| 5 | EC Foreign Ministers met in The Hague on Sept. 3 and decided to hold the peace conference proposed on Aug. 27 as early as Sept. 7 . |
| 6 | When a friend invited her to attend one of the Christian community study groups , she was deeply impressed by the contrast and decided to join the community : |
| 7 | Though there is a good deal there which I found deeply offensive , he wrote , as you must have realized when you sent me the stuff , though , knowing you as I do , I suspect it may not even have crossed your mind , anyway , to be brief , I have , of course , put my feelings to one side and decided to honour the integrity of . |
| 8 | ‘ Once again I bought the suite first and decided to decorate the room around it , this time taking birds and blue as my themes . ’ |
| 9 | I bought the suite first and decided to decorate the room around it |
| 10 | Indeed the Goldsmiths were so pleased that they granted the headmaster £20 to tidy his garden , and decided to extend the playground yet again . |
| 11 | You were on business visiting the offices where she works and decided to sample the food in the canteen . |
| 12 | Therefore , the Commission agreed to the request of the United Kingdom and decided to refer the aspect of the case regarding the product markets of bricks and clay tiles to the United Kingdom authorities to be dealt with under United Kingdom competition law . |
| 13 | So , thinking it needed someone superior who might fit the requirements of the position , I thought of Millie as a most suitable person , and decided to put the proposition to you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 14 | Opting to track down the garage first , Fabia crossed her fingers , and decided to enlist the help of the pleasant man on Reception . |
| 15 | Tennyson considered the matter and decided to leave the poem as he had written it : ‘ Six is much better than seven hundred ( as I think ) metrically so keep it . ’ |
| 16 | I 've owned a house on the coast for a year or so , and decided to leave the car in the garage there when I went to the Middle East . ’ |
| 17 | We collected our horses from the tavern and decided to skirt the city . |
| 18 | She sighed , realizing that Ace would n't be swayed , and decided to change the subject for the sake of peace . |
| 19 | She paused and decided to change the subject . |
| 20 | I bathed and changed and decided to start the evening with the bounce of Sidney Bechet . |
| 21 | The reason it is now unacceptable to say it is that at some point in recent history , rock-climbers held a secret annual general meeting and decided to keep the word to themselves . |
| 22 | When we got the exhibition table back and decided to refinish the top entirely I had the problem of finding four more burr walnut veneers . |
| 23 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
| 24 | It was Jo who recognised the value of the ‘ minefield of memories ’ we had stirred up and made visible , and decided to make the work public . |
| 25 | McMaster moved from the seaside to take up a new teaching post in Drumahoe near Londonderry last week , and decided to make the break with the club he has served so well for a decade . |
| 26 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 27 | I removed the envelope and decided to dump the book which , empty , was probably even more suspicious . |
| 28 | The FBI took over the case and decided to hypnotise the driver to enhance his memory . |
| 29 | The small railway outpost had the Indian sign on it when closure came entirely on I January 1917 in the midst of World War I. However , some five years later the GWR had a change of heart and decided to reopen the station to goods traffic on 18 September 1922 . |
| 30 | Mrs Tilling , who began to find the room oppressive and smelly , left her sock-laden armchair ( from whence , she suspected , most of the aroma emanated ) , and decided to investigate the kitchen . |