Example sentences of "decided not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He toyed with the idea of telling her she was n't woman enough for him , but decided not to . |
| 2 | She was about to offer him one of her sandwiches , then decided not to . |
| 3 | He remembered that he had intended to telephone , but decided not to . |
| 4 | Marcus then undid Patrick 's pyjama jacket and started to try to pull it off , then decided not to . |
| 5 | Gildas , smiling his crooked smile across the table and reading his friend 's thoughts , said , ‘ Do n't worry , she said very little , virtually nothing , as soon as she started to speak she decided not to . |
| 6 | ‘ He decided not to . ’ |
| 7 | She decided not to . |
| 8 | Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge . |
| 9 | Industry watchdog Lautro could have banned the company from selling investment products altogether , but decided not to because it had been co-operative and had acted promptly to beef up its sales methods . |
| 10 | Horrified by the obstructionism of his superiors and unable to make progress , Schiller leaked information to the press and helped fortify the outside criticism , though his superiors decided not to discipline him for this . |
| 11 | ‘ When the government decided not to ringfence the money , the future was still uncertain during the period of the judicial review . |
| 12 | She wondered if she should have Lee teach the girl a lesson , but decided not to — for the moment . |
| 13 | I decided not to , when you seemed against the idea . |
| 14 | I decided not to be an actor . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , she decided not to be put off by him , and climbed out of the truck when he slipped out to make way . |
| 16 | He decided not to . |
| 17 | Derek debated whether to telephone Charlotte Ladram and offer his condolences , but , in the end , he decided not to . |
| 18 | Perhaps she thought of turning on the car lights , but decided not to ; it would waste time , and it would n't be much use because the car was angled away from the fire escape . |
| 19 | I decided not to . ’ |
| 20 | Corbett was going to ask about his lost glove but decided not to . |
| 21 | He was about to say something ; then decided not to . |
| 22 | I decided not to — simply because I could n't think of what to write . |
| 23 | She was about to say all that , and decided not to . |
| 24 | I decided not to be a burglar . |
| 25 | But she decided not to . |
| 26 | On my advice he decided not to . |
| 27 | In the Commons tonight , Jacques Arnold , Conservative MP for Gravesham , through whose constituency the line will run , said the Government had wanted to make a statement about the route on Wednesday but decided not to after Labour threatened to withdraw all cooperation if the statement was made the day after the Budget . |
| 28 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
| 29 | He was tempted to ask Ballater about it and then decided not to . |
| 30 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |