Example sentences of "i be about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ grounds ’ that most interest me are about 6in beneath those once trod by the aristocrats , so I 'm sure the snobbish doctor 's ghost will tolerate my company for an afternoon . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh Marius , at last I can tell you how dreadfully sorry I am about poor Sabine dying , and in such a cruel way . |
| 4 | ( I am about to re-read Celebration to see whether Dr Spufford ever really suggests any such thing . ) |
| 5 | ISWALLOW hard , suspecting that I am about to become another statistic in the rising tide of Tube violence , 380 reported assaults a year and mounting , 16,000 other crimes . |
| 6 | The opening words of God 's speech to Samuel are these : ‘ Behold , I am about to do a thing in Israel , at which the two ears of every one that hears it will tingle ’ ( v. |
| 7 | ‘ As you can see we are talking sub rosa , ’ she said pointing to the wild roses above our heads , ‘ so I am about to let you into a secret . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's all very exciting for me at the moment , here I am about to go around the world for the first time , seeing cities like New York , which I have always dreamed of seeing . |
| 9 | I am about to take a long vacation . |
| 10 | Surprisingly too , many psychologists have also … failed to recognize the point I am about to make . |
| 11 | I am about to acquire a C reg Range Rover EFi with a view to using it as my sleeping quarters on holiday . |
| 12 | I am about to die . |
| 13 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |
| 14 | I am about to dream |
| 15 | At this point some of you suspect that I am about to call for public hanging for pederasts and the boiling in oil of muggers . |
| 16 | I am about to start research on the above . |
| 17 | I realise what I am about to say is funny , but it gives an insight to Carl 's eccentricity . |
| 18 | I wish , therefore , that you will convey to him all I am about to say . ’ |
| 19 | Running my eyes down the contents list of volume three , however , makes me think that I am about to encounter uncharted waters , featuring as it does sequencing , the MIDI studio and something called SMPTE … |
| 20 | And I always spend the greater part of the first session explaining just what is going to happen and how he is going to feel ; as a result I hope that , by the time we begin the hypnosis itself , the patient will have had all his questions answered and his fears allayed , and will have begun to feel confidence in me and what I am about to do . |
| 21 | I am about to introduce myself when I notice that he 's carrying an armful of eels . |
| 22 | ‘ Listen , I am about to go to lunch . |
| 23 | The area of work I am about to discuss is one in which relatively little social work time has been invested . |
| 24 | You do n't understand what I 'm saying , yet some of my words might remain with you , for I think you are old enough to understand what I am about to say to you now . |
| 25 | By 1093 , when the events I am about to describe took place , she was of marriageable age , about thirteen , and the question of her marriage had become a political issue of some importance . |
| 26 | I am about to set up a mixed fish/invertebrate tank , and I would be very grateful if you could tell me more about Kalkwasser , which fishkeepers in the USA are using to dose their marine systems . |
| 27 | I am about to set up a 6′ × 2′ × 2′ tank with an Amiracle SL 250 Pro Plus filter . |
| 28 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 29 | Just as I am about to despatch this month 's musings , lots of late news has reached me . |
| 30 | Of the food I am about to eat , I earned and paid for my share . |