Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [am/are] about to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a little nervous that I am about to be ticked off for my unorthodox and amiable occupation of the Rosenbloom . |
| 2 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 3 | We gather that you are about to be visited by Anne and the other Susan , not forgetting Megan . |
| 4 | ‘ Attention was called to the Company 's payment of £50 per annum to the Vicar of Stantonbury for managing these schools , seeing that they are about to be handed over to a School Board and it was agreed that the payment be continued as in respect of Sunday School management , but during the pleasure of the Board and to the present incumbent only ’ . |
| 5 | VILLAGERS in Peru are living in terror that they are about to be haunted by a vampire … from Blackburn . |
| 6 | ‘ If Major Calder and I are about to be deprived of your services , ’ Carew answered evenly , ‘ then we 'll have to use another and faster method of disrupting the IRB organisation . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had to get one , ’ he explained , ‘ because they 're about to be made illegal . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I had to get one , ’ he explained , ‘ because they 're about to be made illegal . ’ |