Example sentences of "decided [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On an impulse , Kelly decided to drive to the stud and catch him there . |
| 2 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
| 3 | I knew he would n't want me to be pushy and , hard though it was , I decided to wait until the end of the week and then invite him round for dinner . |
| 4 | The Policy and Resources Committee decided to wait until the end of an appeal by Richard Shield , the man who was sacked for recruiting Tommy Sheppard . |
| 5 | After a while we decided to round off the day by taking ourselves to the cinema , and ended up by catching the 11pm liberty wagon back to camp . |
| 6 | After the letter was published in the press during some local elections , the inhabitants decided to continue with the campaign by carrying out research on the effects of these rises on lifestyles . |
| 7 | Eventually , he decided to continue in the role of co-skipper with the American , Skip Novak . |
| 8 | In October , however , the National Government decided to appeal to the country as a National Government , and the second National Government which followed the election was a very different animal . |
| 9 | He decided to appeal to the people on a speaking tour through the country . |
| 10 | ‘ Sounds as though I was right when I decided to poke into the activities of INCUBUS — and Hauser … ’ |
| 11 | So , at the very last minute we decided to perform on the lawn outside the main building . |
| 12 | On this occasion Ludens decided to sit on the floor facing him , his back against the wall . |
| 13 | The first bloke was late so , instead of waiting , we decided to go to the pub . |
| 14 | At the beginning of January he decided to go to the US for two months and then come back . |
| 15 | On one occasion , to kill time before a suitably uplifting film , we met at Waterloo station and decided to go to the cinema within the station precinct which showed a continuous programme of cartoons for the convenience of passengers with time on their hands . |
| 16 | One night three of us decided to go to the cinema . |
| 17 | In fact , if every Briton decided to go to the seaside on the same day there would be only four inches of sand per person ! |
| 18 | Eventually , in January , Heath decided to go to the country in a general election on the theme , ‘ Who rules Britain ? ’ |
| 19 | A friend of his , who was engaged in Christian colportage work , decided to go to the heart of Brahmin country in Kumbbakoman in Southern India . |
| 20 | She decided to go to the Kitty Kat Club that evening , as that was where the action seemed to be , but the Sheik 's secretary forestalled her . |
| 21 | Anyway , bored by my stay at Le Coq d'Or I decided to go to the shop under the Sign of the Pestle in the Rue des Moines and leave Moodie 's present there . |
| 22 | Churchill had been thinking of delaying his resignation , even if defeated , until after the weekend ; but the results were so devastating to his party that on the very evening of the declaration of most of them — 26 July — he decided to go to the palace , resign his commission as Prime Minister , and invite the King to send for Attlee . |
| 23 | And it was on that basis that they decided to go to the point near Sand Hutton where provision has now been made for them . |
| 24 | Nigel decided to go to the hospital . |
| 25 | Many women from AMPES decided to go to the combat zones , or were forced to leave the country . |
| 26 | After media publicity , Laing decided to go to the police on a damage limitation exercise , it was alleged . |
| 27 | He was going to tell his mother and sister on the Friday and , to break the ice , we decided to go to the Fire Festival on Saturday ; he was to pick me up here at eight and we were going together . ’ |
| 28 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
| 29 | Preston drained his glass and decided to go for the bottle in the next interlude . |
| 30 | He joined the RAF fresh from A-levels and says he decided to go for the degree so he would have another string to his bow . |