Example sentences of "he be about " in BNC.
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| 1 | You and he are about to move mouth . ’ |
| 2 | Could he be about to invite me to dinner ? |
| 3 | He got out of bed and walked across to Jackie as if he were about to say something . |
| 4 | He lifted it , as if he were about to kiss it , laid it for an instant against his cheek , then restored it , still captive , to his knee . |
| 5 | Luke turned to Sonny , the whip raised as if he were about to strike him . |
| 6 | Kirov buried his face in his hands , as though he were about to burst into uncontrollable tears . |
| 7 | He saw Mayli , and stopped , his eyes widening , his lips parting as if he were about to speak . |
| 8 | He looked as if he were about to argue but then he shrugged . |
| 9 | Fiver looked as though he were about to speak , but then shook his ears and turned to nibbling at a dandelion . |
| 10 | He looked as if he were about to turn on his aunty as well , but at that moment they were interrupted by a clatter and a crash and the wail of a child . |
| 11 | A shiver of eager excitement surged through his loins and into his breast , contracting his chest muscles as if he were about to suffer a heart attack . |
| 12 | Dyson was glaring into the hot , oily darkness of the engine as if he were about to smash it to pieces with his bare hands . |
| 13 | Frankenstein had slumped back against a tree-trunk for support , his head lolling back as if he were about to collapse in a faint . |
| 14 | Like Kenneth Horne , he had to take his work as seriously as though he were about to play Macbeth — and he did , every trouser-dropping , each double-entendre reciting , any nasal-sounding ‘ stop messing about ’ moment . |
| 15 | She might be so bored that her jaw ached from trying not to yawn , but Nicolo — Nicolo looked as if he were about to explode . |
| 16 | We begin with Belbo phoning from Paris to say , ‘ They 're after me , ’ and the telephone going dead just as he is about to give the password for the computer file which holds the final explanation known to him alone . |
| 17 | But soon he is forced by famine to go down to Egypt , and when he is about to cross the border he resorts to a ploy which knocks him straight off any pedestal we might have erected for him . |
| 18 | All we can say is that the burden of the wood adds further poignancy to an already heart-rending story , and throughout the journey acts as an all too visible reminder to Abraham of the act he is about to commit . |
| 19 | But nothing much has happened this year that suggests he is about to start firing . |
| 20 | But nothing much has happened this year to suggest he is about to start firing . |
| 21 | Another of the promising young American players , 1990 US Open winner Pete Sampras , 20 , believes he is about to make a breakthrough in the world rankings . |
| 22 | He knows what he is about . |
| 23 | He knows what He is about . |
| 24 | He is about to throw the rig back over his head and momentarily will have no hands on the boom until his front hand grips . |
| 25 | John 's feeling of self-worth will equip him better to cope with the trauma that he is about to face . |
| 26 | As no one , who knows what he is about in good company , would venture to talk all ; — so no author , who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding , would presume to think all : The truest respect which you can pay to the reader 's understanding , is to halve this matter amicably , and leave him something to imagine , in his turn , as well as yourself . |
| 27 | Realising too that he is about to lose Kate to her anger and the night , Jeremy forces a pleasanter expression to his face . |
| 28 | One day , just as he is about to throw himself off a cliff , he sees Custer riding for Little Big Horn . |
| 29 | He looks as if he is about to burst into tears . |
| 30 | How often will anti-Europeans sneeringly bait him by reminding the House that he is about to bail out ? |