Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 2 | Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson . |
| 3 | I feel sure they were about to offer you a partnership . ’ |
| 4 | It was only to teach her a little lesson that I 'd added some nail-varnish remover to the ephedrine in that nasal spray she carried around everywhere . |
| 5 | Right the rest of them I do n't really want to go through it too much because that 's that was just to show you an example . |
| 6 | Scherk died in tragic circumstances ( he suffered from diabetes and went into a coma when no one was around to give him an injection of insulin ) . |
| 7 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 8 | By five o'clock , just as Merrill was about to call it a day , she was offered the lease on a small flat in a pleasant , tree-lined avenue . |
| 9 | She cultivated the kind of aloofness that Robert had observed in certain classes of minor official — he had the constant impression she was about to refuse him a visa . |
| 10 | As good-luck would have it , he was in a stronger position than usual , because , as he mentioned with one of his quick smiles , the University of Bristol was about to give him an honorary degree , one of the fourteen that he was to accumulate . |
| 11 | I found it was stale so I replaced it and was about to make him a corned beef sandwich when Dad asked , ‘ Where 's Pete ? ’ |
| 12 | She was about to find herself a seat when she caught sight of him , in conversation with a rather pretty dark young woman , both of them laughing a lot . |
| 13 | I was about to write you a note and stick it on your windscreen . |