Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | ‘ You are not to think of making do with a collation on Ash Wednesday ’ , he said to me . |
| 9 | Also , you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | I think she is about to fall in love again . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Please find enclosed a copy of the text for your entry in this Directory , which we are about to send for printing . |
| 18 | But I do n't need to remind you that we 're here to collect for display groups in the Sherman Museum . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Just as they were about to explode with rage the head of the agency appeared . |
| 21 | I thought that they were about to come to fruition . |
| 22 | The main thing I 've learned from him was how to deal with disaster . |
| 23 | I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's partly to do with experience . |
| 25 | It 's where to pay to money , and you 're having to go to the bank manager , what would he ask for ? the business plan , and you 'd have to draw that up and do all the and you have to impress the bank manager before he will even consider an overdraft facility , or whatever , a loan . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's very difficult to explain how you cast people because it 's really to do with instinct . |
| 27 | It 's substantially to do with registration of inspection duties arising from the Children Act , the registration and inspection of childminders , erm , workplace creches , and and Mike can go into detail on that if members wish . |
| 28 | A search will reveal if a company is carrying a heavy burden of debt , for example , but remember , this does n't mean it 's about to go into liquidation . |
| 29 | It 's all to do with memory and word association . |
| 30 | It 's all to do with motivation . |