Example sentences of "was about to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been considerable speculation and concern that it was about to do so . |
| 2 | He may not have meant it , but that was precisely what he was about to do . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I handed it to him at arm 's length , not knowing what he was about to do . |
| 5 | Donna was far too tough to cry , he reckoned , and yet it looked suspiciously as if that was what she was about to do . |
| 6 | And it was for my benefit — to show what he was about to do to me . |
| 7 | My last meeting with Ashe before he went public on the news , knowing that an American newspaper was about to do so anyway , was during the Lipton tournament in Key Biscayne a couple of weeks earlier . |
| 8 | His prime minister , Mr Mitsotakis , did not stop him , either because he did not know what Mr Samaras was about to do or because he thought he could fudge the issue . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Francis realized that the Doctor was about to do something wrong . |
| 11 | But what she was about to do , that was a real , honest-to-goodness gold-wired sin she might not live long enough to regret . |
| 12 | But it was only when he laughed that Boldwood recognized the man who had destroyed his hope and happiness once and was about to do it again . |
| 13 | After a couple of sentences he went into the present tense , which was a habit he had in speaking of the past , as if it were the plot of some play he was about to do . |
| 14 | Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise . |
| 15 | Having explained carefully to Willis what he was about to do , Richard invited Pinkie out to lunch . |
| 16 | Claudia raised her eyes to the man whose own eyes were fixed with deadly intent on her , and silently asked Dana 's forgiveness for what she was about to do . |
| 17 | She had known their affair had to end or it would destroy them both , but now that it was about to do so , she was terrified of a future in which there would be no Luke , not even Luke causing her unhappiness . |
| 18 | Too tired and cold to think any more , she put her head down on her arms on the table and , without any idea that she was about to do so , she burst into tears . |
| 19 | ‘ Then you can lay a fire , which is what I was about to do , ’ he said with a flash of annoyance . |
| 20 | Part of her could barely believe what she was about to do ; but the stronger part remained adamant . |
| 21 | ‘ Matey will think that we are doing what I was about to do . ’ |
| 22 | With a faint smile , he was about to do so , when his mother grabbed too soon , and the pile of letters slipped to the floor . |
| 23 | Turnour has changed from being relaxed and comfortable with what he was about to do to feeling uneasy in a strange environment which has now put him in a bad mood . |
| 24 | He had a strong urge to put his arms round the man , and indeed was about to do so , when Malik thrust him away , sobbing . |
| 25 | Indeed , Mafouz looked as if he was about to do something far more dramatic than simply catch the thing . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I wondered whether I should put the phone down , and was about to do so when Eric 's voice came again , muttering something I could n't make out . |
| 28 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 29 | He paused just long enough for her to wonder if he was about to do the decent thing and invite her to join him . |
| 30 | For suddenly she knew he was about to do something . |