Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And do n't stiffen up , for heaven 's sake ; anyone would think I was about to leap on you . ’ |
| 2 | Do you have any conception of what it felt like to know I was about to lose you ? ’ |
| 3 | I suspect I suspect the local office probably wo n't because it was they when I rang them here in Newark and I said , Look I 'm about to go self-employed , |
| 4 | ‘ Well , for the first , as far as I 'm concerned they do n't go without the second , and for the second , I do n't believe I 'm about to be asked . ’ |
| 5 | When the community charge arrived I was about to retire . |
| 6 | For I believe I am about to witness a thing few people see and live to tell of , he thought . |
| 7 | Dad phoned me up the day before and , knowing I was about to go away on holiday , suggested we meet the next night , on the fourth of August . |
| 8 | Let's suppose I 'm about to shape a V-neck . |
| 9 | ‘ You turned up here because you thought I was about to inherit enough money to stage your movie comeback ! ’ |
| 10 | I thought I was about to faint , and could pay no attention as my companion pointed out the Clervals , a wealthy merchant family , of whom Henry Clerval was a close friend of Victor 's ; Duvillard , a rich banker , and his new wife ; Louis Manoir ; and many other local notables . |
| 11 | ‘ At least — ’ his voice held a husky tinge of wry amusement against her ear ‘ — you are not hysterical , convinced I am about to fling you down on to the rocks below . ’ |
| 12 | Chris Novoselic rolled a cigarette with the deliberate , weary motions of a man three times his age , while Dave Grohl sat motionless for ten minutes with a towel over his head , every now and again moaning , ‘ I think I 'm about to die ’ . |
| 13 | He goes , I think I 'm about to die ! |