Example sentences of "decide to give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I 've decided to give up the artificial fiction of being myself for the genuine , satisfying falseness of being somebody else . |
| 2 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 3 | Just recently , however , the humbucker has decided to give up on me . |
| 4 | Also in January I reported that the Queen had decided to give up the bottle . |
| 5 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 6 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 7 | At this time of year , when everyone is pledging themselves to improve the sorry lot we call our lives , I have decided to give up lying . |
| 8 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 9 | He said , ‘ I 've decided to give up drink . ’ |
| 10 | This was land that had been used by the army for infantry training but which , for various reasons , the Ministry had decided to give up . |
| 11 | I had decided to give up my lodgings to live with him . |
| 12 | ‘ We just do n't know what it is , it is unbearable and I stopped twice before deciding to give up . |
| 13 | It was even possible , Alison told Franca , who already knew , that Pat was actually in the process of deciding to give up drink ! |
| 14 | ‘ Pat , dear , ca n't you just decide to give up drink , ca n't that be part of the new life you 're always talking about ? |
| 15 | Healey dropped hints in Washington that Britain — in the long run — might decide to give up the Singapore base . |
| 16 | The acquisition of Hillmarden House and Alex 's flat , plus the sale of their existing home , made her decide to give up work in June , rather than September . |
| 17 | Others might be persuaded by the current furore over the possible spread of spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) to nonruminants such as poultry and pigs , and decide to give up all meat ( contrary to the majority of expert opinion ) . |
| 18 | Cunningham ( 1982 ) reports that if parents decide to give up the baby permanently , it is ‘ for the parents who make it , the right decision , . |
| 19 | Either they decide to give up skiing altogether , or they undertake to develop the muscles around the knee ( the quadriceps and hamstrings ) in order to supplement the weakened ligaments , and — with the advice of a doctor or physiotherapist — ski with a brace or support . |
| 20 | Depressed people can of course make hasty and unwise decisions , and I made one such decision when , during my second term at Berkeley , I decided to give up my London flat . |
| 21 | When he got down to Punctuality and Considerateness as a Driver , he decided to give up and improvise . |
| 22 | ‘ Binge ’ diary Week 1 Decided to give up vomiting ; binged three times 2–3 Noticed that when stressed by children she turned to food and binged 4–5 Binged only once each week 6–7 Returned home and observed how she wanted to please her parents 8–9 On holiday , eating three meals a day — discovered she did not put on weight . |
| 23 | Bored with the enterprise , I decided to give up . |
| 24 | It was here that Sybil decided to give up acting altogether and dedicate herself to Richard 's career and the eagerly expected family . |
| 25 | Eventually I decided to give up . |
| 26 | ‘ When it came down to it , ’ Larry said , ‘ they decided to give up their 167 years of independence and join us — to become a part of the franchise we want to build in Massachusetts . ’ |
| 27 | Novice parachutists who blocked out fear completely up to the moment of the jump were often overcome with an overwhelming and incapacitating anxiety such that they not only did not jump but decided to give up jumping forever . |
| 28 | She decided to give up thinking about it — she was getting her own back on Mr Lord-Almighty anyway , was n't she ? |
| 29 | I used to drink really quite strong before , but I decided to give up erm , like , take less sugar , so if you take less sugar , I think I only took two sugars anyway , 'cos my tea was so strong , 'cos 'cos the stronger it is , you need more sugar to sweeten it . |
| 30 | So I decided to give up one sugar and you know , I have to take it sort of weak weaker anyway . |