Example sentences of "about [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was about to swivel round into the hall when he heard the sound of a car starting up outside the house . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I was just about to go over to the station when that arrived . ’ |
| 4 | The photographer and his wife Jane had been about to go through into the concert hall when Leeson saw Lowell standing on his own . |
| 5 | They were about to go through to the back-kitchen when the door behind the bar opened , and Connor came out with a large , pink-faced gentleman . |
| 6 | He was about to go back to the company when he realised that in the middle of the town was a house where an old man lived , exactly where the company were planning to build their new station ; and the old man was refusing to sell . " |
| 7 | I was about to go back to the hotel when a pool attendant gestured to me and whispered that he urgently needed to change Iraqi dinars into dollars . |
| 8 | It was late in the afternoon when he realised that he had eaten nothing since breakfast , and he was about to go out into the town in search of a restaurant when the telephone rang . |
| 9 | ME AND THIS OLD FRIEND of mine are about to go out to the movies . |
| 10 | Evolution gone one stage further , the next logical step of the most intelligent animal on earth about to go out to the Universe . |
| 11 | I was about to continue further around the room when I caught sight of Miss Kenton through the open doorway , signalling to me . |
| 12 | To experience an exhilarating feeling of flight , imagine you are about to soar up into the clouds as your arms are thrust forward and backward in rhythmic motion . |
| 13 | He looked amazing , like Tarzan out of an old film , about to leap up into the tree-creeper . |
| 14 | He was about to stand up to the policeman when Duncan spoke . |
| 15 | It swung open as he was about to reach out for the handle . |
| 16 | Carew was about to reach down for the attaché case resting against the leg of the chair when Harrison leaned forward towards him , his face contorted with bitterness and dislike . |
| 17 | The Gate House project 's about to open up in the middle of town , which is a drop in centre , sponsored by city centre churches . |
| 18 | Stepping up onto the landing , he was about to walk over to the door when a large hand dropped onto his shoulder . |
| 19 | As she was about to walk out of the office , the telephone rang . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Life is about to wriggle out of the arms of death itself . |
| 22 | As she was about to wriggle back into the room , the faint scent of the climbing rose came to her nostrils , and she sniffed it appreciatively , then paused , remembering the legend . |
| 23 | A full-length musical based on the biblical story of Job is about to burst on to the stage in York . |
| 24 | So she ran down through the trees and caught up with the old woman just as she was about to start off across the marsh . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She threw an agonised , reproachful look at Ruth and seemed about to run out of the room , but with three words Ernest stopped her . |
| 27 | Angel and Patricio were about to ride on to the field . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | An hour or so later I saw my mother 's green Metro , just about to turn out of the drive-way of Hamish and Tone 's house . |