Example sentences of "he was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was just about to speak when he became aware that Willie was absorbed in some task . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ! |