Example sentences of "he be about to " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAPPY Prince Andrew has a ball on the golf course … unaware that he is about to be at the centre of a new royal taping scandal . |
| 2 | When , in the last play of the Henry VI trilogy , the future Richard III is presenting to the audience his capabilities — as if auditioning for the role of hypocrite — he exults at being able to By grouping all those exempla of deceit Shakespeare makes us unconscious of the initial role-playing of the actor involved , alerting us to the deceptions he is about to foist on others . |
| 3 | Technically , an assault is either the application of force to the person of another , or the threat to apply it in such a way as to cause the other to fear or apprehend that he is about to be subjected to force . |
| 4 | ‘ If Devlin imagines he is calling you back , ’ he muttered as he passed Maggie , ‘ he is about to be corrected . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ … shit-scared because he 's about to be blasted into particles even smaller and more radioactive than Ronald Reagan 's brain , goes to the loo ; by sheer coincidence the crap he does solidifies in the intense cold of outer space and the pursuing spaceship runs into it at about half the speed of light and is totally destroyed . |
| 6 | He looked as if he was about to be sick . |
| 7 | Mr Lorenzo contends he fired in self-defence because he was about to be run down by the motorcycle , which was being chased by a police car . |
| 8 | Ted looked as if he was about to be personally bombarded by a squadron of Messerschmitts . |
| 9 | The phone rang just as Gedge believed he was about to be belted and the situation was thus defused . |
| 10 | The drummer claims he had no idea that he was about to be sacked and was shocked to hear the news . |
| 11 | He was taken ill as he was about to be presented to the President of Galicia before a dinner for which he was cooking the main course . |
| 12 | Now time had run out and he was about to be plunged back into the horrible reality of his own miserable country , and particularly its miserable politics . |
| 13 | I think he feared he was about to be attacked by you … ’ |
| 14 | When Christopher Steffen , reportedly a slash and burn merchant when it comes to cutting costs and staff , quit Eastman Kodak Co on Wednesday after just seven weeks in the job of chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak Co , saying that the team was agreed on the objectives , but had irreconcilable differences on how to get from here to there , IBM Corp shares jumped for joy in anticipation that he was about to be named finance chief — but the joy subsided and so did the share price , off 87.5 cents at $49 when nothing happened yesterday ; word out of IBM is that there is an appointment already to be announced , but unless the fact that Steffen is now at a loose end causes a last-minute re-think , he is not the man that IBM has in mind . |
| 15 | As to Mrs. Steed 's ignorance of the power of attorney , if she was ignorant of it , the ignorance was attributable to Mr. Steed 's incomprehensible failure to tell her either that he was about to or that he had made the appointment . |
| 16 | She sat impatiently listening to the teacher 's drivel about the fault in the program he was about to network . |
| 17 | Carson had nowhere to hide , and he was about to be joined from the upper terrace . |
| 18 | He was not under suspicion at the time , although he was about to be dismissed for his indiscretions and outrageous behaviour . |
| 19 | The best evidence that the victim — the person towards whom the threats , abuses or insults were directed — did believe that he was about to be subjected to immediate violence would come from the mouth of the victim himself , but it is not necessary to produce a bystander as a witness in court to prove the point ; it can be a matter for inference from the narrative of events presented to the court . |
| 20 | There was one who was sitting beside Gustav Eismark , many years ago , just when he was about to be married the second time . |
| 21 | Santerre paused to consider what he was about to , say . |
| 22 | Instead of a quiet , relaxing evening which no doubt he had anticipated with pleasure , he was about to be confronted with a crowd of young people hell-bent on having a good time — and in his own home , too . |
| 23 | He sounded as if he was about to simply replace the phone and go , and Jenna had steeled herself for this . |
| 24 | So when , at last , the lids rasped down , dry over dry , he uttered a short , horrified cry and put his hands up to his eyes , believing that , for his blasphemy , he was about to be blinded . |
| 25 | He had seemed thrown for a moment , as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married . |
| 26 | Oxford Crown Court was told that Cannon , who 's from Bristol , struck the first blow because he thought he was about to be attacked . |
| 27 | A HORSE rescue group made a successful bid for a drugged pony at an auction where he was about to be sold for meat . |
| 28 | A HORSE rescue group made a successful bid for a drugged pony at an auction where he was about to be sold for meat . |
| 29 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |