Example sentences of "and i decided " in BNC.

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1 He needed someone to throw him a lifeline and I decided it might as well be me .
2 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 .
3 I had to make a choice , and I decided to trust them .
4 I had started to feel very tired and I decided to try and find somewhere to have a sleep .
5 Greg Dyke and I decided to explore the possibility of sponsorship , which could well be of great value in London Weekend Television 's long-term future .
6 Down below were lots of fishing boats and I decided to wait until they returned to the harbour .
7 It is all up to you — and I decided that I was never going to say anything to her because I had done it all on my own .
8 William and I decided to write to Prince Charles because we know he loves the countryside .
9 But anyway , we jumped to it and started to jive and I decided that we were quite sympathetic and we got along quite well — a similar sense of humour , and lewd attitude towards women — we just basically got along well .
10 The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite .
11 And I decided it was a successful briefing , you know .
12 During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course .
13 Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company .
14 The pin was on the right at the back of a bunker and I decided on the 7-iron .
15 He did n't understand what I was laughing at and I decided against an explanation .
16 Near the sea there is a little park which has open-air cafés in it and I decided that I would go along there and read your letter while I relaxed with a cup of coffee .
17 Nancy and I decided to take the two .
18 I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’
19 During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus .
20 I read in an old Practical Fishkeeping an article on setting up a South American general community , this set me thinking and I decided to set up a South American Catfish community with a view to keeping some of the more readily-available , but hard to breed catfish and to provide them with the optimum conditions and numbers to hopefully have some breeding success .
21 We had gotten to that section of the tune where it was obvious that we had played enough for the outro and I decided , off the top of my head , to start playing a song that I had started writing earlier in the week .
22 Malc and I decided we 'd have to face the music and tell his parents and my Pop .
23 ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’
24 Bishop George West thought that we should stay , but Pop knew that he , at least , must return , and finally he and I decided that we should all return , mainly because a separation when you three were still so young — and needing parents and not grandparents to care for you — seemed not the right course .
25 I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on .
26 ‘ When your Uncle Jim died , ’ Louise continued , ‘ and I decided to retire up here , it seemed the most natural thing in the world that cousins should want to be close in their widowhood .
27 There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget .
28 He was , however , failing to thrive , so Maureen and I decided to take him away from Barny and put him into care , so to speak .
29 ‘ I got to were I was 17 or 18 and I decided I just wanted to live my life .
30 In the middle of last winter a friend , Tish Berkley and I decided to take an Over-26 Inter Rail ticket and spend two weeks in the following July , travelling in Europe .
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