Example sentences of "[pers pn] decide " in BNC.

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1 All that 's happened is I decided I was going to give the Bernini lecture this year .
2 Why have I decided to attack the fair sex ( that 's another joke when applied to some of the gross matrons and thin-lipped minxes I have in mind ) .
3 It was time to sign off before familiarity bred contempt , and just in case it already had I decided to hurt her .
4 Have I decided to submit all this to the Prime Minister 's office as it stands , to lay it all just as it is before Francis Tite and let fate take its course ?
5 How do I decide which to present ?
6 How do I decide ?
7 HOW DO I DECIDE ?
8 They are trying to guard me … but until I see for myself , how do I decide if I want to be protected ?
9 How do I decide rationally when I hear a thousand different voices screaming contradictory advice ?
10 ‘ And my mission , should I decide to accept it ? ’
11 My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp .
12 ‘ But I woke up in the middle of the night and could n't get back to sleep , so I decided to bake a cake , after all .
13 I decided I did n't want to get married .
14 However , my presence was clearly unsettling its regular inhabitants so I decided it was time to make a move — and time to confront Charles Howard .
15 This time I decided to have my coffee in a little cafe not far from SIS .
16 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 .
17 He needed someone to throw him a lifeline and I decided it might as well be me .
18 I decided that the best thing to do was to go home .
19 I decided to keep up my flat in London and find fairly basic lodgings locally .
20 Depressed people can of course make hasty and unwise decisions , and I made one such decision when , during my second term at Berkeley , I decided to give up my London flat .
21 The headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking , so I decided to go on the defensive .
22 I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best .
23 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 .
24 The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money .
25 All this begging for money was time-consuming and degrading so I decided to concentrate on finding work .
26 Things could , I decided , be worse .
27 However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else .
28 Although their house was still some distance away , I decided to finish the journey on foot .
29 I decided to try the ‘ little old lady who 's lost her ticket ’ routine , but I was rumbled immediately and directed politely but firmly to the station manager 's office .
30 The station cafe was still open so I decided that I might as well go in there .
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