Example sentences of "just about [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cork 's just about to pop . |
| 2 | Ellie was just about to explain about the letters . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Deputy Speaker , no I did not know the exact amount of the recommendation but I of course assumed there was likely to be some pay increase and I have made an increase in grant which I am just about to explain to the house which will go some way to meet the requirements of local authorities and there are other assets and resources they have er which I will illustrate later on in my speech . |
| 4 | ‘ Excellency , I was just about to explain the details of your proposition to the signorina — ’ |
| 5 | But — ’ ( she was just about to say ‘ warn ’ ) ‘ tell them about him , anyway . ’ |
| 6 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 7 | I was just about to say ‘ yes ’ when they grabbed me and I saw they all had guns . |
| 8 | Hank was just about to say , in order to irritate his mother , that it was in another school district and he would , therefore , have to change schools , when he remembered that he was no longer at school , and shut his mouth . |
| 9 | I was just about to say something like " What 's the idea of all those tricks you play on me ? " when I took my first look at the dog and everything else fled from my mind . |
| 10 | Helen was just about to say no , when she met his eyes . |
| 11 | But she was just about to say something when her eyes moved and something touched the middle of his back . |
| 12 | She hesitated , just about to say yes , and at that moment saw Karl coming slowly down the steps of the Franz Joseph pulling on his driving gloves . |
| 13 | No I was just about to say confidence really I find it quite difficult to get assertive erm but when the situation does arise I suddenly get a gut feeling about it later |
| 14 | I said no I was just about to say cos Ange have , you know |
| 15 | Look like you was just about to say something then ! |
| 16 | If you listened Mark without interrupting , I was just about to say I 'm not trying to convert into a better way of doing things because obviously I do n't know whether that 's a different , a better way of doing it , what I said It 's a just a |
| 17 | You just jump in half-cocked , and get the wrong idea of the argument then I was just about to say to you that is n't the better way of doing things , cos obviously neither of us knows that way it 's just a different way and it was just a a matter of opinion so I mean |
| 18 | I was just about to say that then if he had n't have got in there I was . |
| 19 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |
| 20 | Just about to say you 've got the figure . |
| 21 | Just about to say |
| 22 | Not for nothing did smiling Irish eyes make the fortunes of the bohemian hacks who were just about to create the modern popular music business in the cities of the United States . |
| 23 | In fact I was just about to do this when Mr Gillis decided he was ready . |
| 24 | I thought the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtain , and I was just about to do it when I heard his voice . |
| 25 | I I I 'm just about to do that |
| 26 | Well I was just about to do that . |
| 27 | Emma just like sprawled on her back and Scott with his back to the camera obviously just about to undo his flies and pork her . |
| 28 | Perhaps there was someone behind me who was just about to hit me over the head . |
| 29 | He was just about to pour himself a drink when the phone rang , |
| 30 | Geoff Hurst was just about to score England 's fourth goal . |