Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I was doing now was no crazier — and no less crazy — than they ; but I was not about to pretend that the future of the planet depended on my explorations . |
| 2 | Ann suggested we get under the table and I was n't about to argue but the table was too small so we crawled on hands and knees to hide under a larger table . |
| 3 | I was just about to say that then if he had n't have got in there I was . |
| 4 | I said no I was just about to say cos Ange have , you know |
| 5 | I was just about to speak when suddenly , abruptly , the figure disappeared . |
| 6 | She was just about to investigate when a long , shuddering breath from the man at her feet reminded her that it might be as well to remove herself from the scene before the winded assailant recovered enough to take his revenge . |
| 7 | She was not about to stop and engage in a scrap on the very doorstep of the bar . |
| 8 | Michele spotted it when it was just about to sink and was fool enough to go in fully clothed . ’ |
| 9 | It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways , so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh , raucous cawing of rage . |
| 10 | A hospital spokesman said it was too soon to say whether there would be any permanent brain damage . |
| 11 | It was enough simply to know that otters were out there somewhere . |
| 12 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 13 | I tried the back again , he bladdered it and he bladdered the f front , but says he was just about to go when I opened one eye . |
| 14 | He was just about to speak when he became aware that Willie was absorbed in some task . |
| 15 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 16 | ‘ But once he told me that he was n't about to change and that he was likely to be a lifetime philanderer , I saw red and thought , ‘ Screw you ! |