Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [verb] [pron] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | No , the ones who get me are the purposeful ones who are out to pull you down a peg or two when you were quite happy with the peg you were on . |
2 | She was about to ask him why the party had been using the OBEX pool when , as if he could read her thoughts , he said , ‘ I used to take them to the public swimming-pool in town , but it gets so crowded that some of them used to get frightened . |
3 | ‘ I was about to ask you exactly the same question . |
4 | Quick as a thief , Garvey raised it to his collar and was about to drop it down the inside of his shirt when the Mason took a hold of his collar from behind and twisted it . |
5 | ‘ I think Hasan was about to throw me down the cliffs out of his cave ! ’ |