Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John was always prepared to take suggestions from his chosen dancers and also from Peggy van Praagh , who told me that her function was most often to suggest that he was attempting too much and ought to take something out . |
| 2 | She bustled round finishing her jobs and was just about to leave when she noticed that the crepe paper had slipped from Granny 's frame . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was just about to speak when he became aware that Willie was absorbed in some task . |
| 5 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 6 | Mollie was n't asking a question , more making a statement , knowing there was nowhere else to eat until I settled in my own home . |