Example sentences of "just [adv prt] to be " in BNC.

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1 His friend Max Jacob was just about to be received into the Catholic church when he became entangled in the affairs of Modi and Beatrice .
2 He was just about to be attacked by a horde of anxious faces when he felt himself being gently shaken .
3 Jilinski , however , seemed oblivious to Samsonov 's ever more perilous situation , and as late as 26 August — when the hapless Samsonov was just about to be engulfed from all sides — he commanded Rennenkampf to employ two corps for the investment of Königsberg and with the rest of his army to press on to the Vistula .
4 When complete , there will be 37 three- , four- and five-bedroom detached houses , and the second phase of 10 properties is just about to be released .
5 Mam was just about to be rehoused by the council , and did n't fancy being so far out of town .
6 The agreement is just about to be reached .
7 I went to the doctor at seventeen , just about to be married and he put me on Librium to calm me down .
8 Robert Hardy , the actor , plays William alderman er and it 's the tour is just about to be re-cut er so that Judi Dench can be introduced into it as Lady .
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