Example sentences of "about [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 2 | No hint that she was about to walk into the last surprise party that she could ever expect to see . |
| 3 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 4 | She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open . |
| 5 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 6 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |