Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had just returned to the courtyard and were about to examine the various outbuildings when they heard the sound of running footsteps . |
| 2 | In one case this had happened twice on the same land and was about to happen a third time for bulldozer had arrived to destroy a newly erected building where a woman stood in the way , she was one of the nuns helping in the area ; the defence was successful . |
| 3 | She ran to the end of the alley and was about to scale the ten-foot wire fence when the bleeper attached to her belt suddenly shrilled into life . |
| 4 | Sophie stiffened and was about to make a sharp retort , then she relaxed . |
| 5 | He needed an heir , and was about to make a formal offer for the hand of Virginia Grafton . |
| 6 | He had now met another woman and was about to make a fresh start . |
| 7 | Alan Smith had just been appointed editor and was about to change the whole face of the paper , ditching those who revered Cilla as the greatest swinger on the block . |