Example sentences of "decided [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 I decided nothing would be too bad , and that tomorrow I would ask the Factory for more information .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 This time I decided I would try a child .
5 I was more than mildly impressed with Miss Semmens and decided I would certainly have to see her again — and soon .
6 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 .
7 I decided I would explore the rich architecture and the misty light instead .
8 I decided I would explore the rich architecture and the misty light instead .
9 I saw sense and decided I would n't take my bat home after all .
10 When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine .
11 ‘ When I got my doctorate I decided I would n't change my name , ’ she explains .
12 You decided I would not go to the police , because you are my daughter .
13 So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side .
14 I decided I would not leave the hut until I knew .
15 I decided I would .
16 After watching a few people jumping and getting caught up in the excitement and atmosphere , I decided I would love to have a shot , much to the family 's amazement and Sandy 's amusement .
17 I decided I would postpone hostilities for a while .
18 ‘ Because there was no man on the scene , you decided I would n't bother to keep the child which was growing inside of me ? ’
19 ‘ I knew there was a number 32 bus at seven o'clock , so I decided I would walk down Leith Walk , ’ he said .
20 With my family growing up I was needing more money and er that 's when I decided I would apply for a foreman 's job at .
21 I decided I would carry the six-pound loss myself rather than admit to him I 'd made such a fool of myself
22 No because I , I decided I would n't put a coat on cos I was coming in the car .
23 Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth .
24 I resolved to go back and then decided I could n't .
25 But when I looked over those I had kept , I decided I could not do so .
26 When I finally decided I could n't dawdle over my coffee any longer , a decision arrived at long before by the hard-eyed blonde in charge of the cash register , I climbed back in the heap and headed home .
27 for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was
28 And then they started paying your bus fare , at the end of the week , and so I decided I could walk .
29 a story for them decided I could n't do it .
30 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 .
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