Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before you can take a bearing at all there 's something you have to do , which is what , what am I about to do ? |
| 2 | WHETHER HEROIN is at the root of this unreliability I do n't know for sure , nor am I about to proscribe the freedom — or is that stupidity — of anyone to take whatever substance they choose to take , be it alcohol , tobacco , heroin or carpet cleaner . |
| 3 | Are you out to win ? |
| 4 | Are you about to retire or something ? |
| 5 | ‘ Are you about to forget all your fine words and simply take what you want ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Are you about to panic ? ’ he asked softly . |
| 7 | Are you about to hand over a signed confession , then ? ’ |
| 8 | So are we about to see a kinder , gentler Dolph ? |
| 9 | The question remains : is the hard hit property market in the US forcing Taubman to liquidate some cash in the normal course of business or are we about to see greater shifts in York Avenue and Bond Street ? |
| 10 | Are we about to witness that again ? |
| 11 | Are we about to embark on an information explosion that historians could never handle , or are we about to discover resources to make a historian 's vision of our world fuller than the vision historians have of any other period ? |
| 12 | Are we about to hear an Opposition spokesman telling us their tax plans ? |
| 13 | Are we about to embark on an information explosion that historians could never handle , or are we about to discover resources to make a historian 's vision of our world fuller than the vision historians have of any other period ? |
| 14 | Are they about to waste time they have n't got , bound to lose or is it a challenge to them ? |
| 15 | but do n't these Japanese factories who their idea now are , are they about to tend |
| 16 | ‘ Were you about to say , as it is there will be problems when your parents and Jennifer know I 'm working here ? ’ |
| 17 | Sorry were you about to say something ? |
| 18 | He indicated the paintings , and asked , ‘ Were you about to view my ancestors , Luce ? ’ |
| 19 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 20 | The question the City , shareholders and the press have been asking is , can Airtours continue on its smooth upward climb , or is it about to hit turbulence ? |
| 21 | Or is it about to snow ? |
| 22 | Is it about to rupture and spew forth a real-live Alien in a fountain of blood and shit ! ? |
| 23 | Or is he about to end up as just another RIP — resigned in pain ? |
| 24 | Nor was she about to lose her jacket to a gaggle of overdressed hooligans . |
| 25 | Was she about to risk the rest of her life for safety ? |
| 26 | Was she about to make some obeisance to it ? |
| 27 | What side of him was she about to have inflicted on her now ? |
| 28 | Had that dreadful Lady Usk thought better of it , or was she out to torture her victim , playing a waiting game ? |
| 29 | What was he about to do to her ? she wondered dimly . |
| 30 | Again Ronni asked herself , What was he about to do to her ? |