Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] decided " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was glad that they 'd all decided to come . |
| 2 | You 'd all decided to meet again the following week and she counted the days because she was longing to be with you again . |
| 3 | When we decided to treat Rob to a make-over , he 'd just decided to get rid of his curly bob and wanted something sleeker — fabulous timing on our part , do n't you think ! |
| 4 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 5 | Before Bodo arrived I 'd already decided in favour of the gentler angled approach through the rip from the left , with an eye on building up gradually from the small to the not-so-small . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd already decided we have to check on him closely . |
| 7 | But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me . |
| 8 | But he thought he 'd already decided . |
| 9 | I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group . |
| 10 | I was in Nassau on business today but could n't keep my mind on it because I 'd already decided to come up here tonight and be with you . |
| 11 | ‘ And you 'd already decided the Josephs knew something about the murder . ’ |
| 12 | I suppose it was because we would have had to talk about it then , and you 'd already decided you were n't going to do that . |
| 13 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 14 | She 'd already decided to invent a tummy bug to explain any awkward disappearances she might be forced to make . |
| 15 | She 'd already decided what she was going to cook for Rohan — home-made tomato soup to begin with , then le rosbif with all the trimmings , although she was going to cheat on the dessert and buy one of the beautifully glazed tartes aux pommes from a pâtisserie . |
| 16 | And she 'd already decided , no chance I did n't draw a horse . |
| 17 | The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day . |
| 18 | He 'd almost decided to quit because the recording equipment could n't handle the volume that Eric was playing at . |
| 19 | Very un-Italian , he 'd evidently decided ; this woman must be English ! |
| 20 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 21 | Now erm , the Council can support such groups , it can , it can , got formally decided the body to support such groups and with the West Essex Health Action Campaign all political parties on this Council decided to support it , because they were sad that we lost the fifty million . |
| 22 | What they had eventually decided to sell before they went to bed that night ( or the following morning really ) were Great-Uncle Hilbert 's do–en Waterford sherry glasses . |
| 23 | This , he had eventually decided , was caused by the diversity of his present academic work , which was especially taxing in that one of his university duties was a daily round of language-teaching at the local high school , the Pädagogium . |
| 24 | The Washington Post of Oct. 28 reported that US intelligence agencies had recently discovered that Israel had exported key ballistic missile components to South Africa , but that President Bush had secretly decided to waive the sanctions against Israel required under the 1990 Appropriations Bill . |
| 25 | The Cold War had effectively decided what was to be done with Germany . |
| 26 | The governors had effectively decided at an emergency meeting on Tuesday night that Mr Birt should stay but question marks still hung over the future of Mr Hussey , especially as the BBC 's General Advisory Council recommended on Wednesday that he should go for effectively bringing the BBC into disrepute at a time when its charter was coming up for renegotiation . |
| 27 | The way he kept hanging about him , Quentin wondered if he had perhaps decided to become a clergyman again . |
| 28 | Unlike Luke , he had unwisely decided to retain his jacket , presumably in the interests of looking businesslike , and was obviously regretting his decision . |
| 29 | It evidently included an assertion that the local authority had wrongly decided that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 30 | The effective dealer always made a client feel that he had personally decided to go into any given investment . |