Example sentences of "[coord] be [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Act also empowers the police to set up roadblocks to discover whether vehicles contain anyone who has witnessed , committed or is about to commit a serious crime . |
2 | The Police have compiled a list of clubs , organisations and interested bodies and are about to launch a major initiative where such bodies will be visited and the over 60 's seen . |
3 | They had just returned to the courtyard and were about to examine the various outbuildings when they heard the sound of running footsteps . |
4 | And he 's also managed to sneak in some live music from Mary Chapin Carpenter , who 's been touring Scotland this week and is about to hit the big time . |
5 | His business , born last June with $75 000 from a venture capitalist , has been valued at $1 million and is about to market a three-dimensional video golf game which simulates a championship course in California . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Sophie stiffened and was about to make a sharp retort , then she relaxed . |
9 | He needed an heir , and was about to make a formal offer for the hand of Virginia Grafton . |
10 | He had now met another woman and was about to make a fresh start . |
11 | 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 . |