Example sentences of "that i be [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , whatever else followed in the wretched little saga that I am about to describe , it is crystal clear that , right from the outset , the real object behind the Government 's manoeuvrings was the cutting back — indeed , the large-scale elimination — of people 's entitlement to back payments of benefits where there had been official error . |
| 2 | At this point some of you suspect that I am about to call for public hanging for pederasts and the boiling in oil of muggers . |
| 3 | Running my eyes down the contents list of volume three , however , makes me think that I am about to encounter uncharted waters , featuring as it does sequencing , the MIDI studio and something called SMPTE … |
| 4 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 5 | Conservative Members might like to think about the league table that I am about to cite . |
| 6 | ISWALLOW hard , suspecting that I am about to become another statistic in the rising tide of Tube violence , 380 reported assaults a year and mounting , 16,000 other crimes . |
| 7 | The figures that I am about to present to the House will embarrass the Leader of the House , but I shall get them on the record none the less . |
| 8 | Given that it 's relatively low , the small adjustments that I 'm about to talk about assume greater significance . |
| 9 | Right , this process that I 'm about to do should take place on that table there , normally . |
| 10 | Strong rumours that I 'm about to tax everything that moves and does n't move . |
| 11 | Indeed , had you seen Ken white paper statement on television that night , you would see me sitting in the audience , smiling gently at the thought that I was about to leave the N H S. |
| 12 | Checks with a continuity tester have invariably revealed that I was about to connect the switch incorrectly . |
| 13 | One night , I dreamt that I was about to dive from a springboard , but the ‘ board ’ was so ‘ stiff ’ that I could not raise sufficient bounce to make my dive . |
| 14 | ‘ I began to lose consciousness and felt that I was standing on the world 's edge aside of a high , dark space looking across it , thinking that I was about to enter into it . |
| 15 | I felt that I was about to enter the real world , a world of miracle and meaning . |