Example sentences of "about [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there were large numbers of spectators who simply had no idea that you should be quiet when a golfer is about to hit a shot . |
| 2 | THE Ulster Society are about to hit the road on one of their magical history tours . |
| 3 | Now Catherine is about to hit the movie world , too . |
| 4 | FORD 'S first four-wheel -drive off roadster , built by Nissan in Spain , is about to hit the market . |
| 5 | Like the governors on hospital boards before them , their chief concern was to ensure that a scandal was not about to hit the hospital . |
| 6 | I thought for one moment he was about to perform a Highland Fling . |
| 7 | Here was his dog about to kill a lamb and he just stood there doing nothing . |
| 8 | Checks with a continuity tester have invariably revealed that I was about to connect the switch incorrectly . |
| 9 | But then , as they sat opposite each other in a crowded Darlington bar , Sue suddenly realised that she was about to lose the man she loved . |
| 10 | Conservationists are about to conduct a census of one of our rarest mammals — the dormouse . |
| 11 | ‘ We were about to conduct a study into the skin damage problem on Miller wells , ’ said Paul Adair , team leader on Miller well operations . |
| 12 | She was about to instruct the device to run one of her extensive library of icebreakers when she noticed that the control panel had an alphabetic keyboard . |
| 13 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 14 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 15 | Indeed , the previous reference to " all flesh " in v. 5 as being about to see the glory of Yahweh could have created an expectation that the image in v. 6 will be positive rather than negative . |
| 16 | EAU d'Huddersfield , until now submerged among gritty northern brews like dandelion and burdock , is about to mount an assault on the Perrier market for continental mineral water . |
| 17 | It 's been a price worth paying as Leeds are now one of the most powerful sides in the land and are about to mount an assault on the European Cup . |
| 18 | Ken himself would have gone along with Michael Codron 's judgement of being the finest revue actor of the day — not realizing that revue was about to go the way of music hall . |
| 19 | It occurs to me we 're just about to circulate the picture of that man , Stein , suspected of wholesale fraud — so maybe we get them mixed up , Kurt . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I had no idea that I was entering such a Hall of Fame , ’ he went on , and was about to enjoy a ride on an air bubble of loquacity when Mrs Robinson addressed a cat and the cat said ‘ No ! ’ |
| 21 | Chinese thrift is more from necessity than idealism ; the world 's concern about the hole in the ozone layer is bad news to the billion Chinese about to acquire a refrigerator per household . |
| 22 | In the interest of minimizing opposition to his initiative , he allowed rumours to circulate in army circles to the effect that the speech had been aimed primarily at the UN which was about to debate the war . |
| 23 | I was n't about to miss the parade , and went on to see the whole event , and photographed it — all the red flags , the guns , the cannons , the missiles , everything , including Black September Group marching . |
| 24 | Was she about to risk the rest of her life for safety ? |
| 25 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
| 26 | THE JAPANESE government is about to launch a scheme to develop robots to work in ‘ extreme environments ’ , for instance in nuclear reactors . |
| 27 | ALEADING chain of booksellers is about to launch a price-cutting war , which could spell an end to the trade 's controversial Net Book Agreement . |
| 28 | We 've been running the management skills courses since nineteen eighty-six , and since then , more than seven hundred and fifty people , from groups such as yours , have taken a part , and we 're about to launch a phase two in the next er , year or so . |
| 29 | The University has established a Museums Committee to permit more formal discussion of common problems amongst its museums and is about to launch a review of the Ashmolean . |
| 30 | This was quickly followed by a spate of bid rumours , the most sensational of which was that Adia , the big Swiss-based recruitment consultant , was about to launch a takeover bid . |