Example sentences of "they be [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're about to form the basis of a sofa . |
| 2 | They 're about to form the basis of a sofa . |
| 3 | There seems to be a need to maintain the belief that ‘ straights ’ , grown-ups would be shocked , damaged , altered , if they were around to hear the music . |
| 4 | They were scaly creatures , walking on two feet and they were out to conquer the Earth and every living creature on it . |
| 5 | Didier Pironi told me they were about to leave the circuit for a hotel to meet in private where they could not be coerced by their bosses and , as it happens , along with a half-dozen other early colleagues , my car was well placed to follow the bus as it drove off . |
| 6 | No — he was buttoning his jacket in a purposeful manner , and they were about to leave the scene . |
| 7 | Last year Detroit 's car makers thought they were about to turn the corner in their battle against the Japanese . |
| 8 | They succeeded in stealing a fishing boat and crossing the Po , and were only recaptured near Lake Como , where they were about to cross the frontier into Switzerland . |
| 9 | Ahead there was just enough light to show them they were about to enter the mouth of another tunnel . |