Example sentences of "[was/were] about [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson . |
| 2 | I feel sure they were about to offer you a partnership . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I was about to write you a note and stick it on your windscreen . |