Example sentences of "[be] just [adv prt] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not this evening , ’ said Joe , ‘ I 'm just about to have my meal . ’ |
| 2 | When she reached there she found that Ann and Ruth had been joined by several other girls , including Sarah , and were just about to start their game . |
| 3 | ‘ Why he gets involved with other people 's troubles , I 'll never know , ’ she continued in happy ignorance that she was just about to put her foot in it . |
| 4 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 5 | And Clara , as she went down , felt that perhaps her nervousness was just about to outweigh her anticipation . |
| 6 | It flew dead straight , and was just about to begin its descent towards Belinda 's desk when Jason Drew , who was sitting immediately behind Belinda , put his hand up to ask a question . |