Example sentences of "he [was/were] about [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked as if he was about to be sick . |
| 2 | Mr Lorenzo contends he fired in self-defence because he was about to be run down by the motorcycle , which was being chased by a police car . |
| 3 | Ted looked as if he was about to be personally bombarded by a squadron of Messerschmitts . |
| 4 | The phone rang just as Gedge believed he was about to be belted and the situation was thus defused . |
| 5 | The drummer claims he had no idea that he was about to be sacked and was shocked to hear the news . |
| 6 | He was taken ill as he was about to be presented to the President of Galicia before a dinner for which he was cooking the main course . |
| 7 | Now time had run out and he was about to be plunged back into the horrible reality of his own miserable country , and particularly its miserable politics . |
| 8 | I think he feared he was about to be attacked by you … ’ |
| 9 | When Christopher Steffen , reportedly a slash and burn merchant when it comes to cutting costs and staff , quit Eastman Kodak Co on Wednesday after just seven weeks in the job of chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak Co , saying that the team was agreed on the objectives , but had irreconcilable differences on how to get from here to there , IBM Corp shares jumped for joy in anticipation that he was about to be named finance chief — but the joy subsided and so did the share price , off 87.5 cents at $49 when nothing happened yesterday ; word out of IBM is that there is an appointment already to be announced , but unless the fact that Steffen is now at a loose end causes a last-minute re-think , he is not the man that IBM has in mind . |
| 10 | Carson had nowhere to hide , and he was about to be joined from the upper terrace . |
| 11 | He was not under suspicion at the time , although he was about to be dismissed for his indiscretions and outrageous behaviour . |
| 12 | The best evidence that the victim — the person towards whom the threats , abuses or insults were directed — did believe that he was about to be subjected to immediate violence would come from the mouth of the victim himself , but it is not necessary to produce a bystander as a witness in court to prove the point ; it can be a matter for inference from the narrative of events presented to the court . |
| 13 | There was one who was sitting beside Gustav Eismark , many years ago , just when he was about to be married the second time . |
| 14 | Instead of a quiet , relaxing evening which no doubt he had anticipated with pleasure , he was about to be confronted with a crowd of young people hell-bent on having a good time — and in his own home , too . |
| 15 | So when , at last , the lids rasped down , dry over dry , he uttered a short , horrified cry and put his hands up to his eyes , believing that , for his blasphemy , he was about to be blinded . |
| 16 | He had seemed thrown for a moment , as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married . |
| 17 | Oxford Crown Court was told that Cannon , who 's from Bristol , struck the first blow because he thought he was about to be attacked . |
| 18 | A HORSE rescue group made a successful bid for a drugged pony at an auction where he was about to be sold for meat . |
| 19 | A HORSE rescue group made a successful bid for a drugged pony at an auction where he was about to be sold for meat . |
| 20 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |