Example sentences of "decided give the " in BNC.

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1 I decided to give the authorities the slip and went through the bathroom window of the hotel and got myself lost in Moscow .
2 We decided to give the tickets away through competitions and stuff like that on local radio stations because that way the true fans of her music will get to see her .
3 When , in July 1939 , it seemed that war was inevitable , the Poles decided to give the French and the British the results of their research , as well as two actual Enigma machines .
4 So he decided to give the council a sermon when he blessed its monthly meeting .
5 Mr Richter was so smitten by Mr Cliburn 's talent , and so bored by the competition ( 1958 was the last time he ever served as judge for anything ) , that he decided to give the talented American pianist the top score of 25 for everything and all the other contestants a zero for everything .
6 Feeling suddenly full of energy , she got up , and , switching on the immersion heater so that she could have a bath later , she decided to give the cottage a good clean .
7 I decided to give the combined mode a try since I was using a fairly fast 386DX — it was still painfully slow so I reverted to separate modes .
8 The management at Swindon College of Further Education decided to give the alarms free after the woman was raped in a classroom .
9 It was at this point he decided to give the youths in his squad a fling .
10 But councillors decided to give the firm another chance .
11 He said : ‘ Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break .
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