Example sentences of "was just about " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 2 | The dog stopped and he was just about to congratulate himself on his authoritative and successful method of summoning her , when she made a plunging dart forward and seized the mass of cloth in her mouth . |
| 3 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 4 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 5 | I was living in Mayfair and was just about to move from there and buy my first flat . |
| 6 | It happened at Christmas 1975 and the surgeon was just about to leave for a holiday with his family East . |
| 7 | When the call came I was just about to bite into his huge triple layer sandwich . |
| 8 | He was just about to sink into a state of total collapse when Tom cried : |
| 9 | He was just about to pick up his suitcase when there was a shout from the other end of the line . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just about to come round and see you . |
| 11 | His friend Max Jacob was just about to be received into the Catholic church when he became entangled in the affairs of Modi and Beatrice . |
| 12 | The following day , when Modigliani was due to begin painting his portrait , the writer Michel Georges-Michel paid a visit and was just about to leave when Bakst persuaded him to stay on . |
| 13 | In 1589 Wild Will was out riding and was just about to jump the stile on the ancient trackway when it is said the image of a burning baby appeared . |
| 14 | In fact I was just about to do this when Mr Gillis decided he was ready . |
| 15 | I was just about to pack up when Keith came along . ’ |
| 16 | In no time , he 'd bought a second one for Liam in Milltown , and then a third in Warrenpoint and now Liam was just about to clinch a site in Newry . |
| 17 | Perhaps there was someone behind me who was just about to hit me over the head . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just about to tell him not to wait . |
| 19 | Corbett was just about to leave to collect his cob from the stables when he remembered something and hurried back to the ferrymaster . |
| 20 | I was just about to hop it down the stairs — but my feet turned back . |
| 21 | I was just about to offer him my pen when he produced one from his carrier bag : a grotty looking biro with a chewed end . |
| 22 | But — ’ ( she was just about to say ‘ warn ’ ) ‘ tell them about him , anyway . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face . ’ |
| 24 | The Prince Charles was just about to anchor in Tongue Bay , midway along the northern coast of Scotland , on 25 March 1746 when the 24-gun Sheerness , which far outclassed her , appeared and opened fire . |
| 25 | She was just about to call out when she felt the iron grip of an arm clasped round her throat . |
| 26 | ‘ I was just about to go over to the station when that arrived . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |
| 29 | He was just about to be attacked by a horde of anxious faces when he felt himself being gently shaken . |
| 30 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |