Example sentences of "had decided [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had decided to opt for medicine rather than the stage , and had felt virtuous , mildly sacrificial , a little self-important while making this choice . |
| 2 | He declined to comment on the allegation that he had decided to leave in order to deflect a Justice Department inquiry into his finances . |
| 3 | We had decided to return by service bus in the other direction so as to complete a round trip . |
| 4 | Because the queues at the sandwich bar had been so horrendous that she had decided to go without lunch and now she was feeling disconnected and light-headed . |
| 5 | He had decided to go to bed early . |
| 6 | Exhausted by anxiety and emotion , Clare had decided to go to bed early . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you 'd forgotten your coffee and had decided to go to bed instead , ’ he said , looking disapprovingly at her freshly done hair . |
| 8 | Once she had decided to go into publishing , she set out conscientiously to fulfil her aim by getting three qualifications for the job : bookshop experience , a degree in English and secretarial skills . |
| 9 | The first question in each of the opening interviews was why the practice had decided to apply for fundholding status . |
| 10 | This conjecture was reinforced when , on May 28 , the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a terse statement which announced that the government had decided to apply for membership of the UN . |