Sentence examples for had long since decided from inspiring English sources

None of it amounted to much, because most voters had long since decided that Mr. Bush wasn't fit for Mensa, and they didn't especially care.

Henry knew all about how to exploit market inefficiencies; he had long since decided that he wanted to reinvent his franchise in the image of the Oakland A's.

Refusing to take any interventions from some increasingly tetchy Conservative backbenchers – his own had long since decided their mobile phones were by far the best entertainment on offer – Corbyn managed to achieve in 41 minutes what David Cameron has failed to do in the last year.

Since she had long since decided she did not want to mix business with pleasure and date another wrestler, meeting someone also in the entertainment industry was "so perfect".

Thankfully I have long since decided that I don't want to be diminished.

For one tiny sliver of swing voters, it is not enough to be wrestling with whether to vote for President Obama or Mitt Romney at a moment when nearly everyone else has long since decided.

But most of us have long since decided to just roll with it, to consume the dramatic highs and distraught lows however Downton feeds them to us, unencumbered by any critical faculties or, you know, knowledge.

There's then a slightly awkward pause, followed by the same reply, again and again: that the person inside is either minded to vote to leave the EU or has long since decided to do so.

The hardcore pro-life or pro-choice voters have long since decided who they're voting for (and this debate will probably energize activists on both sides to work a bit harder for their guy).

"How shameful for this last minute attempt to squelch this event -- especially given that the G-8 leaders have long since decided to flee from the public view rather than hear our voices".

[Yeah, we know -- he's not technically a Democrat, in the same way that Lisa Murkowski is now not technically a Republican, but for the sake of discussion (and awards) we've long since decided that Lieberman is eligible. Mostly because we keep giving him MDDOTW awards, we fully admit. Heh.].