Example sentences of "decided i " in BNC.

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1 Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position .
2 That decided me .
3 It decided me that I was n't going to be good enough to make the grade .
4 Various things we saw decided me to become a doctor .
5 This last episode decided me .
6 It was this question that decided me .
7 ‘ It was this business about the letter that decided me , ’ the magistrate continued , as a widening slice of the outside world appeared in the gap .
8 I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
9 I decided I did n't want to get married .
10 I can still see myself sitting there , relaxed and comforted by the warm drink , and then there was that moment when I decided I would resign .
11 Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance .
12 I resolved to go back and then decided I could n't .
13 ‘ Well , I decided I wanted a divorce .
14 This time I decided I would try a child .
15 But when I looked over those I had kept , I decided I could not do so .
16 I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie .
17 ‘ I decided I really must bring the motor .
18 Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth .
19 ‘ Recently I decided I wanted to do something on prostitution .
20 Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity .
21 ‘ Nature decided I was meant for hats very early on . ’
22 I was more than mildly impressed with Miss Semmens and decided I would certainly have to see her again — and soon .
23 One look and the family decided I was once again on the way out .
24 I could make neither head nor tail of it and decided I was dealing with a bunch of idiots .
25 Consequently , I decided I would be an androgynous sort of person and I found old esoteric idea about being a whole person in the alchemical or shamanic sense , a female-male composite , increasingly attractive .
26 I decided I would explore the rich architecture and the misty light instead .
27 ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me .
28 ‘ So I decided I needed a solid-body guitar for regular playing , and this friend of mine had this Firebird .
29 ‘ I decided I 'd come home early tonight .
30 ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’
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