Example sentences of "was about [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 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 | ‘ I was about to go for a turn around the village , ’ said Hope , switching the subject , as he thought , adroitly . |
| 5 | ‘ And the Court was about to assemble for the procession to the Plain . |
| 6 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 7 | I was about to head for the lift when I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open . |
| 10 | I was about to ring for a taxi . ’ |