Example sentences of "just as [pers pn] was about [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got up and walked quickly out of the coffee shop , up over the footbridge and on to the other platform — jumping on to the train just as it was about to go . |
| 2 | Just as I was about to say it again , the Canadian spoke . |
| 3 | Just as I was about to ask further , she went on : ‘ My part — the little part that I had — it is gone … ’ |
| 4 | Just as I was about to pick up the pieces of card once more , I stopped transfixed . |
| 5 | ‘ Actually , you arrived just as I was about to invite Leith to Parkwood . |
| 6 | Just as I was about to give up zoology , I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by the great ethologist Niko Tinbergen . |
| 7 | I think I 'd had I finished my breakfast when , no I think you just came just as I was about to take my first mouthful of cereal . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | HINDLEY CAME INTO the kitchen , swearing terribly , just as I was about to hide little Hareton in a cupboard . |
| 11 | Just as I was about to get in , the man spoke again . |
| 12 | I fished on , more as an act of defiance than in the hope of catching anything ; and just as I was about to surrender a fish rose , as they always do in these circumstances , far beyond my reach . |
| 13 | Ushering her inside , he walked into his study and just as he was about to close the door she remembered she had n't settled up with him . |
| 14 | Now , inexplicably , just as he was about to reach his goal , things had suddenly speeded up . |
| 15 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 16 | Just as he was about to leave , my convict said , ‘ Officer , after my escape , I stole some food , from the blacksmith 's house . |
| 17 | A special accolade for Stefan , that prodigy of a man who virtually single-handed got everything together on time , and then , just as he was about to go through the orchestra door he saw Madge Grimsilk , the headdress of a rat under her arm , hurrying up to the wings . |
| 18 | Or maybe , rather than a total replay , just award the Cup to England due to Campese 's blatant obstruction on Underwood just as he was about to tackle Horan . |
| 19 | Just as he was about to open the beer the doorbell rang . |
| 20 | ‘ I had to rush off just as he was about to arrive . |
| 21 | Something happened which always pleased him : his wife opened the front door to him just as he was about to put his key in the lock . |
| 22 | Just as he was about to lever the rest of himself up , a shock jolted through him . |
| 23 | Just as he was about to come downstairs he heard Jonathan singing . |
| 24 | He landed in the forecourt of a carpet shop , scattering the merchandise and customers , dived through its rear exit trailing apologies , skidded down another alley and stopped , teetering dangerously , just as he was about to plunge unthinkingly into the Ankh . |
| 25 | Just as he was about to travel to Paris in November , to open a book exhibition and make a speech at the Bibliothèque Nationale , he caught a heavy cold which turned to bronchitis with congestion of the lungs ; a nurse was called in and he took a course of penicillin , but he still managed to make the journey . |
| 26 | Alec Guinness introduced him to the audience after the first night , although such was his nervousness that Sherek had to push him onto the stage and , when a photographer blew a flash bulb in his face just as he was about to speak , he muttered " Oh my God " . |
| 27 | A flaw in her plan then struck her , just as she was about to go . |
| 28 | Then just as she was about to replace the receiver she heard his voice , that soft familiar Scottish burr . |
| 29 | Then , just as she was about to press the switch to ‘ Play ’ , it occurred to Leonora that Penry Vaughan 's eyes were n't dark like her own , after all . |
| 30 | I reached her just as she was about to hoist herself out . |