Example sentences of "[be] about [to-vb] [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a new , slim-line Rizzo could be about to emerge because the company he works for , Staley , of Decatur , Illinois , has developed a cheesecake that , to purloin a phrase , can be part of a calorie-controlled diet . |
| 2 | We bowed and were about to leave when the Queen suddenly murmured , ‘ Signor Daunbey , Signor Shallot . ’ |
| 3 | I was about to leave when the office got a reverse charges call from Simon , a very angry Simon in a call-box outside Leytonstone tube station . |
| 4 | He was about to leave when the bead curtain was drawn aside and Kafy stood there . |
| 5 | The party was about to depart when the mother of the dead girl noticed that the earth over the entrance to the tomb had been disturbed , and when she looked more closely she saw that one of the roofing stones had been moved . |
| 6 | Charlie was about to retaliate when the door opened and May now appeared , saying , ‘ Well , there it is . |
| 7 | She was about to sit when the steward touched her arm . |
| 8 | As the crew neared the still floating aircraft they spotted the pilot nearby , they approached him to bring him on board but he pulled a pistol out and was about to fire when the coxswain shot him . |
| 9 | I was about to knock when the door opened . |