Example sentences of "he decided [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided that after all England was n't what she seemed . |
| 2 | The poem itself he found ‘ a pompous parade of erudition ’ , and he decided that ‘ were it not for the Laforgue mechanism , Mr Eliot s poetic variations on the theme of a super-refined futility would be increasingly thin and incredibly second rate ’ ( The Freeman , 17 January 1923 ) . |
| 3 | He decided that the company was justified and that the nature of the disease was irrelevant . |
| 4 | He decided that for him to sit back and imagine , to follow a Bensonian way and be a dilettante among refined ideas , was an actual temptation . |
| 5 | Afterwards he decided that his intense preoccupation with politics and the Liberal Party had not represented his true conviction . |
| 6 | Ramsey thought this an injustice ; he decided that his bishop was vague and naïve in his theology , someone who took up new ideas with enthusiasm and with very little precision of thought ; and yet he saw that the bishop disliked controversy and was hurt by it , and thought him to be a friend and a man of prayer . |
| 7 | He decided that this clergyman was in the clouds and out of the reach of the common man . |
| 8 | He decided that they would not . |
| 9 | In November he decided that Skybolt had no place in the US weapon procurement programme and should be scrapped . |
| 10 | He decided that the only way to become the best team in the world was to adopt a killer instinct ; to play fairly and sportingly , but to be tough and uncompromising . |
| 11 | In the end , he decided that it was more of a metaphysical thing . |
| 12 | Finally , he decided that The Housemartins were contributing nothing to his life . |
| 13 | At the twenty-third he decided that enough was enough . |
| 14 | But on the other hand , when the great came into contact with the king , when he held his councils and parliaments , when he decided that a mighty subject had stepped out of line , or had acquired too much power and wealth for himself , as happened to James V 's former favourite Sir James Hamilton of Finnart , executed in 1540 : then there was a high level of direct interventionist rule , very tough and irresistibly powerful . |
| 15 | He decided that the summer of 1939 was ripe to plan his first full programme of Lieder ; the two spent hours deciding on the ‘ menu ’ . |
| 16 | He decided that Anne was probably a very good cunt . |
| 17 | For several moments it seemed as if he might refuse to go with her , then he decided that he would . |
| 18 | With deep regret he decided that he would have to abort his part of the mission . |
| 19 | He decided that he was never likely to do even as well as they and that he had better look for another career , which eventually he found successfully in the world of travel . |
| 20 | I told Ron that whatever decision he made I would support , and he decided that he would … that he would … he would die … |
| 21 | In 1974 , he decided that none of the developmental systems being studied really gave him what he needed for a study of development . |
| 22 | He decided that the best thing for him to do was to leave as soon as possible , before other people arrived and the situation became very complicated . |
| 23 | He decided that the animals would fatten quickly once they completed their growth , that is reached maturity , and ‘ fatten ’ was the apposite word . |
| 24 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 25 | By then , Chapman considered that the all-red jersey looked ordinary , out of tune with the club 's distinction , so he decided that in line with Aston Villa , until then the club with the greatest prestige and tradition behind it , the sleeves should be of a different colour to the rest of the top . |
| 26 | From this , he decided that he wanted to study chemistry formally and , in 1903 , went to Manchester University , where the head of chemistry was William Henry Perkin jr , whose father had discovered mauveine , the earliest synthetic dye . |
| 27 | Enoch grew restless , so they walked around the deck until he decided that he had had enough and that only his mother would do . |
| 28 | After half an hour 's discussion , Jan and he decided that he should ring up and see what was on offer . |
| 29 | However , on reflection , he decided that the question of the relationship between client , auditor and supervisor would be better settled by Parliament than by the Bank of England and the accounting profession . |
| 30 | In the light of his impending journey to Glasgow , he decided that he could afford to consult a doctor . |