Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am about to set in motion a peculiar process that will result in a $10 million loan to a Philippine construction company , a bedfellow of the Marcos clan — a loan that will soon go sour . |
| 2 | ‘ Listen , I am about to go to lunch . |
| 3 | It was a signal peculiar to Thames river — I am about to get under way . |
| 4 | I was about to go to sleep . |
| 5 | I was about to leave for school and I walked out the door without my skirt on . |
| 6 | I was about to get in touch with you — there are faint signs of life on the part of the Probate Office . |
| 7 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 8 | To eliminate these defects we must remove the reference to inference and tighten up the relation specified between the false beliefs and the true justified ones which are not to count as knowledge . |
| 9 | He drew an analogy with pre-incorporation contracts in domestic law , and concluded that similar agreements could be made in international law on behalf of States which are about to come into existence . |
| 10 | Five years under Deng Xiaoping appears to have started the mighty machine rolling in the right direction again but , in energy terms there are a number of problems to be overcome which are mainly to do with lack of adequate capital investment and resources management . |
| 11 | District Nurses and Health Visitors are able to provide services which are more to do with health and nursing care . |
| 12 | Two events are to be held to raise funds for HACK which is shortly to apply for charity registration . |
| 13 | In the absolute reign of reason which is shortly to appear on earth anarchy will be a pleasant and co-operative state of affairs , since all men will be inspired to a joyful devotion to social duty and justice . |
| 14 | They are needed to dress up the stage for the production of Willy Russell 's Stags And Hens which is about to go into rehearsal at the Arts . |
| 15 | Our new putter , which is about to go into volume production , is a triumph of modern technology and , as Brian Harley is already proving , is the best putter in the world . ’ |
| 16 | At a stroke our artistic patrimony has been increased by a treasure which is about to go on display after being unseen for seventy years . |
| 17 | An aid worker in Jordanian refugee camps ca n't get a TV crew from the West interested in tens of thousands of people from the ‘ Third World ’ who are about to die from starvation — all the crews are off watching Richard Branson pick up a couple of hundred westerners in one of his Virgin Jumbo Jets . |
| 18 | Firstly they have , from Banbury School at least , four specific parent Governors , who are there to act on behalf of parents . |
| 19 | ‘ You are not to think of making do with a collation on Ash Wednesday ’ , he said to me . |
| 20 | Also , you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue . |
| 21 | The chances are it will blow up into a huge row , or even a fight , just as you are about to go on stage at the Marquee . |
| 22 | specifically told you from yesterday but you just , I said I 'm sorry but you did n't , you did not say that you were n't to go to lunch |
| 23 | A few tips for the politician who 's about to go on TV |
| 24 | I think she is about to fall in love again . ’ |
| 25 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 26 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 27 | According to reports at the weekend , former Wimbledon champion McEnroe stopped Tatum 's credit cards and made tearful phone calls to her family , saying she was about to file for divorce . |
| 28 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 29 | She was about to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances when Rose proudly said , ‘ We 're ever so lucky to be'ere Sally-Anne , wiv the ‘ ole grarnd floor to ourselves — not like them upstairs what only ‘ ave one room . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The man who can win the allegiance of the Teddy Boys ’ , remarked Mr Andrew Fountaine who was later to come to prominence within the leadership of the National Front , ‘ can rule this country . ’ |