Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] about to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phone rang just as Gedge believed he was about to be belted and the situation was thus defused . |
| 2 | She knew she was about to be hassled . |
| 3 | ‘ I would hardly be joining a group if I felt it was about to be taken over . |
| 4 | I think he feared he was about to be attacked by you … ’ |
| 5 | Oxford Crown Court was told that Cannon , who 's from Bristol , struck the first blow because he thought he was about to be attacked . |