Example sentences of "[pers pn] decided [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg Dyke and I decided to explore the possibility of sponsorship , which could well be of great value in London Weekend Television 's long-term future . |
| 2 | I decided to purchase 3 small Green Damsels ( Chromis caerulea ) active mid water shoaling fish with a generally peaceful disposition . |
| 3 | I decided to decide that it was for the best . |
| 4 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
| 5 | After breakfast I decided to visit Brigade H.Q Taff was sitting on the grass just outside the trench cleaning his Bren gun . |
| 6 | After the team had gone off , I decided to visit a needy church member first and only had time to knock on one door before the agreed time to report back . |
| 7 | I decided to visit Miss Havisham as soon as possible . |
| 8 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 9 | That autumn , I was working in a vineyard in the Medoc , north of Bordeaux , and with time to spare when the vintage finished , I decided to visit Rennes-le-Chateau and see for myself what all the fuss was about . |
| 10 | I decided to lie back and let it happen , and put it down to ‘ supernature ’ ; I 've witnessed it before . |
| 11 | With coincidence being stretched a little too far , I decided to recheck my work to see if I had missed the obvious . |
| 12 | So , before the rhymes get too painful and the chainsaw too piercing , I decided to state the obvious . |
| 13 | I decided to seduce him , but without much hope of success . |
| 14 | So I decided to return to Sunday school to fetch my card . |
| 15 | I decided to return to the jetty and see if I could store them overnight . |
| 16 | After writing about fifty scientific papers on the subject I decided to reach a wider audience and moved into television , where week after week I tried to get across my fascination for the animal world . |
| 17 | Even though this was Jack 's own tournament , I decided to quit Jack after the last event of 1983 , the Chrysler Invitation , and start fresh with Greg next year . |
| 18 | Adds Dr Alban — real name Alban Nwapa : ‘ After that I decided to quit working on teeth and start cutting records instead . |
| 19 | Knowing that to say anything about this would lead to further ridicule and isolation at school , and open disbelief from my family , I decided to ignore it . |
| 20 | So I decided to do some investigating of my own . |
| 21 | But in order to convince the public of what it really amounts to , I decided to do something entirely out of the ordinary , that is , to get Wolfgang to write an opera for the theatre . |
| 22 | Over the years since that occasion I have often wondered why I did what I decided to do . |
| 23 | I had no prospects , so I decided to do my thirty . |
| 24 | Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion . |
| 25 | Anyway , one day me and my mates were all going to a party so I decided to do a home perm . |
| 26 | I decided to do half a dozen a day until I 'd got through them . |
| 27 | For this I decided to do a painting looking from my conservatory through the windows into the garden with two white chairs as the focal point . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a French waltz , and it 's a bit made , ’ says she with a disarming grin , ’ so I decided to do it ! ’ |
| 29 | So I decided to do a bit of checking . |
| 30 | I decided to do it this morning . |