Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about to go to sleep . |
| 2 | I was about to leave for school and I walked out the door without my skirt on . |
| 3 | I was about to get in touch with you — there are faint signs of life on the part of the Probate Office . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Erm I think we need to endorse the action taken by the judicial treasurer and then if we was then to go onto second bits , which is urging the churches to give five percent more than that in the past you could debate that se separately . |
| 11 | Just as they were about to explode with rage the head of the agency appeared . |
| 12 | I thought that they were about to come to fruition . |
| 13 | The main thing I 've learned from him was how to deal with disaster . |
| 14 | It was n't to do with change . ’ |
| 15 | It was all to do with instinct , unsullied intelligence and an innate ability to discount the higher promptings of reason . |
| 16 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 17 | He must have wondered what the outcome of it all would be , though he was not to remain in doubt for much longer . |
| 18 | It meant that he was about to go to work . |
| 19 | On one occasion he was about to go on board a ship that had just anchored when unforeseen business detained him . |
| 20 | If it can not be shown that the person uttering the remarks intended to induce his victim to believe that he was about to engage in violence himself , or intended to provoke the object of his remarks into using unlawful violence , what will be termed here the objective conditions come into operation . |
| 21 | Manley was re-elected president of the PNP for the 22nd consecutive time at the party 's annual conference in late September , his re-election dispelling rumours that he was about to retire from politics and resign as Prime Minister . |
| 22 | Now listen , ’ I held up a hand as he was about to burst into song again , ‘ you got a friend at the Regal Arms ? ’ |
| 23 | Penry looked as though he was about to burst into speech for a moment , then his face set in the familiar harsh lines , and without another word he turned on his heel and made for his sanctum , slamming the door behind him . |
| 24 | On 9 January 1957 he told the Cabinet that he was about to resign on health grounds . |