Example sentences of "about [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is about to perform for the Archimage himself . |
| 2 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 3 | ‘ I was about to go for a turn around the village , ’ said Hope , switching the subject , as he thought , adroitly . |
| 4 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 5 | The soundtrack is industrial dance , the punters the kind of alternative/college crowd who presumably are about to go for The Shamen in a big way . |
| 6 | The writer was once with a small London bookseller who unblushingly pointed out a volume of Arctic travel which he was just about to despatch for the full treatment of glaciers , polar bears and seals . |
| 7 | For example , a 30 second live report which is due to take place at the same time as Martina Navratilova is about to serve for the match can be both a reporter 's dream and a producer 's nightmare . |
| 8 | To a man of Panmure 's connections this was not a particularly difficult matter in time of war , even with the qualification which the Lyells made to their request , that ships about to sail for the West Indies were not acceptable , but it was clearly a very material favour to the family concerned . |
| 9 | The 13-year-old singer was about to audition for the joint BBC-RTE television talent show Go For It when his larynx let him down . |
| 10 | At our interview at the Royal Overseas League she was about to leave for a pit-stop author 's tour , with an immensely heavy bag containing a laptop computer on which she fires off requests and thank-you letters : to American Secretary of State James Baker for his introduction to President Mobutu , to the King of Spain for agreeing to host a fundraising dinner for a chimp sanctuary in Spain . |
| 11 | It happened at Christmas 1975 and the surgeon was just about to leave for a holiday with his family East . |
| 12 | When they were about to leave for the restaurant , a man standing near the bar came up to Kevin and said , ‘ If ye 're wanting a place here , the Half House is on the market . ’ |
| 13 | THE search is about to start for a new Ulster Branch secretary . |
| 14 | The new season is about to start for the NMS outstations and visitors can expect to see many new exhibits and displays . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 16 | ‘ And the Court was about to assemble for the procession to the Plain . |
| 17 | Firdaus is a prostitute about to die for the murder of her pimp . |
| 18 | She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open . |
| 19 | I was about to ring for a taxi . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 21 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |
| 22 | I was about to head for the lift when I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor . |