Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv prt] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Major Calder and I are about to be deprived of your services , ’ Carew answered evenly , ‘ then we 'll have to use another and faster method of disrupting the IRB organisation . ’ |
| 2 | And a little nervous that I am about to be ticked off for my unorthodox and amiable occupation of the Rosenbloom . |
| 3 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , for the first , as far as I 'm concerned they do n't go without the second , and for the second , I do n't believe I 'm about to be asked . ’ |
| 5 | I was about to be taken over . |
| 6 | Spoke my name and told me that I was about to be released . |
| 7 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 8 | ‘ Why I was bedding you if I was about to be married to someone else ? ’ he asked softly . |
| 9 | ‘ I was about to be found out , ’ Fabia inserted . |
| 10 | ‘ I was about to be even more demented , ’ Ven corrected . |
| 11 | The emphasis at this committee is on records which have just been released , or which are about to be released . |
| 12 | At one end of the scale there are short-term bonds which are about to be redeemed , and at the other end long-term bonds — perpetuities — which will never be redeemed . |
| 13 | ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Devon are recording the 5,000-year history of a valley which is about to be flooded to form one of Britain 's largest reservoirs . |
| 14 | It would obviously be daft to organise in an area which is about to be kicked out of the state . |
| 15 | IT IS as well that the five-point try , which is about to be introduced by the International Rugby Board , did not apply when an assortment of stars drawn from eight countries , calling themselves a World XV , displayed their skills in the seaside town of Timaru , South Canterbury , yesterday , against a Hanan Shield XV — winning 74–3 . |
| 16 | A company , which is about to be struck off the Company Register under s 562 CA 1985 , has share capital and distributable reserves balanced by cash . |
| 17 | It has new modules for Sceptre and Senator ; it is collaborating with another unnamed software house on a broking evaluation product , which is about to be tested . |
| 18 | It does n't really matter , as long as you end up with copies other than in the subdirectory which is about to be burned . |
| 19 | What they can provide , if they successfully attach to money or property which is about to be disposed of , is security for the sum sued for together with interest and expenses . |
| 20 | Recent claims by Sharelink , which is about to be floated , to be the biggest private client stockbroker make him smile wryly . |
| 21 | In the light of the serious situation which has arisen in relation to the Maxwell case , will my right hon. Friend take a good look at the pension funds of ABG Research , which is about to be wound up ? |
| 22 | In Scotland we have a Mountain Bike Code of Conduct which is about to be published and distributed on all new sales . |
| 23 | Under this scheme , which is about to be announced to member governments , initial assessment of a wide range of goods would be undertaken by the country of manufacture . |
| 24 | A company which is about to be , or is being , acquired . |
| 25 | ALAN RICHARDSON Bleak future : Alistair and June Diplexcito with the eviction notice for their home , which is about to be buried in the earthworks for the dual carriageway |
| 26 | The Council for the Protection of Rural England ( CPRE ) also opposed the plan , extolling the ‘ quite extraordinary atmosphere of uninhabited remoteness ’ which was about to be disrupted . |
| 27 | The Church certainly had doubts about the crossbow , with its deadly bolt or quarrel , a reaction which was about to be extended among certain circles to the use of cannon in its early days . |
| 28 | Well camouflaged stick insects , whose concealment has for once failed to work and who are about to be snapped at by a hungry predator , will suddenly flick open their brightly coloured wings in a dramatically unexpected display that may shock the enemy into retreat . |
| 29 | Despite this ambiguity , the term ‘ client ’ is used in this book to distinguish those who are about to be , or already are in a relationship with the agency through the attention of a social worker . |
| 30 | Imagine you are about to be attacked . |