Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start .
2 At our interview at the Royal Overseas League she was about to leave for a pit-stop author 's tour , with an immensely heavy bag containing a laptop computer on which she fires off requests and thank-you letters : to American Secretary of State James Baker for his introduction to President Mobutu , to the King of Spain for agreeing to host a fundraising dinner for a chimp sanctuary in Spain .
3 She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died .
4 ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ .
5 The 13-year-old singer was about to audition for the joint BBC-RTE television talent show Go For It when his larynx let him down .
6 She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open .
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