Example sentences of "was about do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to do the same with the contents of another file when something made her pause , hair prickling at the back of her head . |
| 2 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 3 | Christ , I was about to do the Technicolor Yawn all over this girl 's jacket , through the tears and rusting her zips and filling her pockets , and probably send Jamie flying across the room into the beer-crates under the speaker stacks with the first awful heave , and here were these two trading absurd biker fantasies . |
| 4 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 5 | He paused just long enough for her to wonder if he was about to do the decent thing and invite her to join him . |
| 6 | After a few polite words , Sophie was about to do the same when Giles said , ‘ Do n't go . |