Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall probably be there to translate when the Captain in charge of the case questions you . ’ |
| 2 | We bowed and were about to leave when the Queen suddenly murmured , ‘ Signor Daunbey , Signor Shallot . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It would however be quite unreasonable to expect the accidents were never to happen when the wire gauze lamps are used ; for it must be remembered , setting aside the chance of their being damaged by some of the casualties incidental to coal mining , they are to be entrusted to the management of a body of men among whom negligent individuals will be found . ’ |
| 4 | The meeting broke up and I was about to leave when a still , quiet voice said to Harold : ‘ Harold , I would much like to talk to you and Arnold by yourselves . ’ |
| 5 | I was about to leave when a thought struck me . |
| 6 | Anyway , the stranger was about to leave when a slattern dropped a tankard . |
| 7 | He was about to leave when the bead curtain was drawn aside and Kafy stood there . |
| 8 | I was about to leave when the office got a reverse charges call from Simon , a very angry Simon in a call-box outside Leytonstone tube station . |
| 9 | The party was about to depart when the mother of the dead girl noticed that the earth over the entrance to the tomb had been disturbed , and when she looked more closely she saw that one of the roofing stones had been moved . |
| 10 | Charlie was about to retaliate when the door opened and May now appeared , saying , ‘ Well , there it is . |
| 11 | She was about to sit when the steward touched her arm . |
| 12 | As the crew neared the still floating aircraft they spotted the pilot nearby , they approached him to bring him on board but he pulled a pistol out and was about to fire when the coxswain shot him . |
| 13 | I was about to knock when the door opened . |
| 14 | He knew he was drinking too much but , damn it all , what else was there to do when a man was off duty and his wife was hundreds of miles away ? |