Example sentences of "as i [was/were] about [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What height is this table ? ’ he said suddenly , just as I was about to go to the breadbin for a slice to wipe my plate with . |
| 2 | I got your letter last evening , as I was about to write to you : thank you for it : — I wanted to know how you were going on . |
| 3 | ‘ As I was about to come on the ref told me , ‘ I 'll be watching you closely . |
| 4 | For the last 100 feet I seemed to drop out of the sky — the flat roof of a house came rushing up at me , and just as I was about to land on it , it dodged to one side and I ended up in a little patch of green wheat . |
| 5 | ‘ One night during my routine , ’ he recalled , ‘ we mistimed a scene in which the door slammed in my face as I was about to walk through it . |