Example sentences of "decide that it [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder Americans have decided that it 's time for an end to non-interventionalist government . |
| 2 | The wind that day had been increasing with the approach of bad weather and the instructor , who had decided that it was time to stop , was towing the glider to the hangar . |
| 3 | Then his uncle had decided that it was time to send him to school . |
| 4 | Down at the one-time pavilion that was now the Venetz sisters ' lakeside restaurant , Angelica Venetz had decided that it was time for the big old mallard 's appointment in duck heaven . |
| 5 | He had decided that it was time to think things through and settle them once and for all , but whenever he started thinking about Zeinab thoughts became memories of touch and smell and look and emotion and he became most unsettled . |
| 6 | If 19 April 1023 saw expressions of anti-Danish feeling , Cnut could have decided that it was time for the situation to be defused by removing the body to Canterbury . |
| 7 | Women may feed their husbands or lovers with energy and then , after a while , change tack , deciding that it is time to draw the tide of emotional response towards themselves . |
| 8 | It had been , however briefly , a time when her body and her mind had fitted together so tidily and wholely that , waking up one morning and deciding that it was time to go back to Oxford and visit her mother , was neither traumatic nor casual , but straightforward . |
| 9 | And then , deciding that it was time to start dropping bombshells , ‘ Some actresses have continued acting well into the eighth month of pregnancy . ’ |
| 10 | With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first . |
| 11 | On his return to the USA Horton decided that it was time to try out some of his ideas , and to test them with the light of practical experience . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We decided that it was time to start on Jack Nopps ' apricot brandy . |
| 14 | The latter decided that it was time to visit the bridge and examine the suspect area . |
| 15 | It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas . |
| 16 | After lots of requests , the company decided that it was time to develop an armoured car for the average American . |
| 17 | The fact that the organisers decided that it was time to show Spanish Pop and the French New Realists made sense ; Martial Raysse has always seemed to me a very interesting artist , but he has been ignored outside France . |
| 18 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 19 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 20 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 21 | Ace decided that it was time to fetch the Doctor . |
| 22 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 23 | So I decided that it was time to pack up I decided that the nights were made to sleep on n n n and I was going to sleep on them you see ? |
| 24 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 25 | Melissa decided that it was time to be sensible and practical . |
| 26 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |