Example sentences of "[adv] as she be about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gets the cane out and just as she 's about to whip me , er Jane walks in . |
| 2 | A flaw in her plan then struck her , just as she was about to go . |
| 3 | Then just as she was about to replace the receiver she heard his voice , that soft familiar Scottish burr . |
| 4 | Then , just as she was about to press the switch to ‘ Play ’ , it occurred to Leonora that Penry Vaughan 's eyes were n't dark like her own , after all . |
| 5 | I reached her just as she was about to hoist herself out . |
| 6 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 7 | The phone rang on and on , but just as she was about to give up she was answered by a sleepy female voice . |
| 8 | She was thinking about a telephone call which she had answered just as she was about to leave the house . |
| 9 | He summoned her to attend church and then , at the moment of consecration , just as she was about to leave , four armed men stopped her . |
| 10 | Just as she was about to leave he came out and complained that he could n't find the tin-opener . |
| 11 | Then , just as she was about to step into the water , Marie-Angèle's's voice rose in a shrill whisper at the door . |
| 12 | But just as she was about to tell him to brace up she heard an exclamation from further down the corridor . |
| 13 | So she ran down through the trees and caught up with the old woman just as she was about to start off across the marsh . |
| 14 | Then as she was about to explain her own presence there , the outer door of the kitchen opened and a man entered . |