Example sentences of "decided [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one . |
| 2 | In the end , he decided that it was more of a metaphysical thing . |
| 3 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market . |
| 8 | So we decided that it was worth three pounds . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | We decided that it was time to start on Jack Nopps ' apricot brandy . |
| 11 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 12 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 13 | The answer was that Pomeranian Polish identity was no threat unless the Junkers decided that it was convenient for it to be so ; the identity of the Pomeranian Poles was so peripheral to Polish national identity that politically these people were no threat at all . |
| 14 | Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks . |
| 15 | They simply , and it seems correctly , decided that it was none of their business . |
| 16 | And the more they talked about it the more they decided that it was . |
| 17 | The latter decided that it was time to visit the bridge and examine the suspect area . |
| 18 | However , as it was brass , I decided that it was collectable . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | That same day he not only thought we were in Denmark but decided that it was imperative to write three letters to his cousin Marianne in New York — simultaneously ! |
| 21 | I do n't like doing intarsia knitting but I do like ‘ picture front ’ jumpers and decided that it was possible to do them by using the slip stitch Fair Isle method . |
| 22 | After lots of requests , the company decided that it was time to develop an armoured car for the average American . |
| 23 | He urged his horse on home , and for the first time that day it responded by breaking into a trot for a few yards , until it decided that it was more comfortable to walk . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At an Italo-Ethiopian conference twenty years ago , experts who had overseen the transport of the Axum obelisk to Italy decided that it was too fragile to risk the home trip . |
| 26 | He began it , but then he stopped because he decided that it was n't an interesting enough story . |
| 27 | The Solent searched for nearly 45 minutes until at 1945 the coastguard decided that it was too dangerous to continue searching close inshore in the dark and very bad conditions and suspended the search . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 30 | When Mussolini took over in Italy , Anna decided that it was her duty to make her protest on Italian soil as an Italian citizen ( a not too vulnerable one for the time being , but she tried her best ) . |