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Example sentences for "decided that"

  • We decided that he should not be allowed to make himself Governor-General of the Soudan.

  • We decided that he should go to Suakim to collect information and report on the situation in the Soudan.

  • Chamberlain and I decided that if he did this the Tories would declare that Mr. Gladstone had become a pensioner on the bounty of Lord Beaconsfield.

  • Chamberlain and I decided that we would ask for our old term of three and a half years' occupation, as against Northbrook's five.

  • The travellers were deeply interested in the servant wrestle, and when the Staff was eventually clothed, and the rejected green with envy, decided that the "whole difficulty was solved, bar Sam.

  • When Matthew came to think the matter over he decided that a woman was required to cope with the situation.

  • And we decided that we would try to be very careful indeed and form respectable habits and learn all we could and be as sensible as possible, so that by the time we were twenty our characters would be properly developed.

  • We decided that would be the best age--old enough to be of some use in doing chores right off and young enough to be trained up proper.

  • Roman--at least, unless I gave the lie to my horoscope by marrying her, and I decided that I would not take any further steps in the matter.

  • I decided that I would add no fuel to my flames, and felt certain that they would go out of their own accord.

  • The hours went by with such speed when I was seated at table with the three girls, whom I vainly endeavoured to intoxicate, that I decided that I would not leave till the next day.

  • On reflection I decided that I had never seen a more sensible woman than Agatha's mother.

  • Nothing that he regarded as of value resulted from inspection of the remaining rooms and Brendon presently decided that he would return to Princetown.

  • I decided that I should have time to reach my food and return to my hiding-place before the moon rose.

  • Finally he decided that he would remain for the night, at any rate, and we made him put up with us and occupy Mrs. Gerry's spare bedroom, instead of going to the Duchy Hotel as he intended.

  • I decided that I had made a mistake in choosing my family.

  • I decided that if mother no longer loved me, I would no longer tell her things.

  • We seemed to be old acquaintances, and in my second of perplexity I decided that it was mere forgetfulness that made me unable to recall just whom he was talking about.

  • So he decided that he would make an attempt to penetrate northwards by sledging during the following spring.

  • Atkinson had not gone much farther when he decided that he had better give it up, so he turned and faced the wind, steering by keeping it on his cheek.

  • Altogether I decided that I for one would lie awake in such an insecure camp.

  • When we got back to the Legation I decided that I ought to see all I could, so Blount and I went back in his car.

  • On the way back we decided that we could at least try, so we hunted through the town until we found the headquarters of the Commandant.

  • After one good look we decided that he was to be a figure head and leave the real work to the troop of officers and functionaries he had brought with him.

  • As we could hear the cannonading, we decided that we would avoid the Malines road and would try to skirt around the zone of trouble and work our way into Brussels from the west.

  • I had been working in a salt-furnace for several months, and my stepfather had discovered that I had a financial value, and so, when the school opened, he decided that he could not spare me from my work.

  • At the end of an hour, he decided that he would give nothing, and when, at the end of an hour and a half, the collection box finally did come around, Mark took out a dollar to pay himself for his pains.

  • But he decided that if he was to die then and there, it would not be with a lie on his lips.

  • The sudden violent reaction broke the pride of the King of Hungary, and made him more tractable when Clement VI decided that he ought at last to interfere.

  • He decided that as yet he had only to combat a suspicion unfounded on proof, and he waited till he should be attacked more seriously.

  • We decided that M and another friend of ours who had just arrived from Paris should go to him and make the offer, which he would at once accept all the more readily because it came from the hearts which were deeply devoted to him.

  • He examined the question with sangfroid and decided that if the Greek revolution succeeded in its hopes, an Empire would be reborn in the East which would regard Serbia as its province and might be more dangerous than the Turk.

  • But the Emperor Joseph II decided that to organize Montenegro as an Ally "would, in peace, be costly and in war of insufficient use.

  • Then I decided that I would not shoot at him unless he started down.

  • I decided that instead of worrying about him I had better think about myself.

  • I decided that I had better carry my rifle in my hand, so in case of a sudden appearance of the bear and I was thrown or had a fall off, then I would be prepared.

  • He decided that if any soldiers had been left on guard in the place, they would have been in there.

  • But he went on, because he decided that if anyone were waiting they must know already that he was in the tunnel.

  • He had intended to try to get a place to sleep in the village, but now he decided that it would be better to get away as soon as he could.

  • I, however, decided that in future I should receive no attentions from Willie.

  • Old Rufus did not often laugh, but he laughed heartily on this occasion, and truly it was no wonder and when he corroborated what my brothers had already told me, I decided that what he said must be true.

  • I felt I could beat Fillet with cleaner weapons than an exploiting of his affliction: and the more I thought of it, the more I decided that I must go and apologise to him.

  • Then Doe and I decided that we ought to put together a few letters.

  • He decided that he had taken up a bad position, and that instead of waiting for customers to come to him, he ought to go seek for them.

  • From what he knew of the original under other conditions, he decided that he could give a very close imitation of her point of view.

  • He decided that he must see more of this Cinderella of the Hotel Salisbury; and dropping his partner by the side of the lady recitationist, he bowed his thanks and hurried to the gallery for a better view.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decided that" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    air and; another instance; decided advantage; decided majority; decided that; decided upon; direct vote; even went; gave his only begotten; gray eyes; great scarcity; hundredth part; indeterminate sentence; lang time; long after; lord prince; over twenty; raise money; revelation given; slave should; upon some; volcanic activity; will drink; would lead; would wait