Example sentences of "about [verb] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 2 | I was about to continue further around the room when I caught sight of Miss Kenton through the open doorway , signalling to me . |
| 3 | Umpire Barker made no response to the appeal , whereupon Richards — who at slip was in precisely the wrong place to see what had happened — danced down the pitch waving his right hand frantically , giving every appearance that he was about to remonstrate forcefully with the umpire ; whereupon Mr Barker raised his finger and Bailey was on his way . |
| 4 | Erm how we would go about going outside into the workplaces in the various parts of the county convincing the members er to vote yes . |
| 5 | The thought was instantly suppressed by her happiness at seeing him again , and she was about to run swiftly across the room and into his arms when she registered his expression . |
| 6 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 7 | She was just about to turn away from the window when she thought she saw something suddenly move in the far corner of the walled garden . |
| 8 | Similarly , as the debate on the president 's tax reform bill was about to get underway in the House the speaker ‘ all but conceded the battle was lost — largely as a result of heavy lobbying by the president , his aides and voters mobilized by Reagan 's television appeal ’ . |
| 9 | He landed in the forecourt of a carpet shop , scattering the merchandise and customers , dived through its rear exit trailing apologies , skidded down another alley and stopped , teetering dangerously , just as he was about to plunge unthinkingly into the Ankh . |
| 10 | He was about to step across to the darkness of the recess and Lily 's room when he heard footsteps and the sound of voices below him in the tiled entrance hall . |