Example sentences of "'s about [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to believe she 's about to be worth six million dollars . |
| 2 | Obviously inspired by MADONNA 's example , ( and it seems that she 's about to be millions of dollars richer as over half a million copies of Sex changed hands last week ) CURVE have decided to come over all raunchy and are releasing a Stateside compilation which goes under the provocative title of ‘ Pubic Fruit ’ , although whose pubes are involved we are not informed . |
| 3 | I 'm speaking as a bus driver , yes , within a company that 's about to be privatized , and yes of course the bottom line is important and management think that it is vitally important and we know no longer get subsidies from any where including the Government , unlike your erm Local District Council , operated services so its very , very difficult for people in our position to actually keep services on the road if they do n't pay . |
| 4 | ‘ … shit-scared because he 's about to be blasted into particles even smaller and more radioactive than Ronald Reagan 's brain , goes to the loo ; by sheer coincidence the crap he does solidifies in the intense cold of outer space and the pursuing spaceship runs into it at about half the speed of light and is totally destroyed . |
| 5 | She 's about to be married . |
| 6 | The site 's about to be developed by Tarmac Construction , but Thamesdown Media Arts wants part of it to be set aside for a museum , telling the story — the whole story — of those who worked there . |