Example sentences of "were about to become " in BNC.
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| 1 | The working man 's 47.7 hours a week in 1964 should have earned him £18.11 ( say £162 a week now ) , but MPs were about to become markedly better off than that as Mr Wilson increased their salaries from £1750 to £3250 per annum ( £29,120 ) . |
| 2 | Most of these were based upon university Departments of Education or Colleges of Education ( as the teacher-training colleges were about to become ) . |
| 3 | The Smiths were about to become involved in hard business . |
| 4 | Getting in on the act , is the crew of the Marton horse bus ( left ) who were about to become redundant . |
| 5 | They were , and were about to become a lot weirder . |
| 6 | So he thought they were about to become friends , did he ? |
| 7 | They were about to become locked in a bitter legal battle for the future of the child they both loved . |