Example sentences of "just [subord] [pers pn] be about to leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just as they were about to leave , as if to make a grand exit of it , O kissed Boy again , very publicly . |
| 2 | Our old mates THE ORB popped round to Vibes central control the other day for tea and spacecakes and a quick intergalactic natter , and somehow they just happened to leave a whole box of ORB window stickers in the VIBES record cupboard — and would you believe it just as they were about to leave we could n't find the key ? |
| 3 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 4 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 5 | Just as he was about to leave , my convict said , ‘ Officer , after my escape , I stole some food , from the blacksmith 's house . |
| 6 | She was thinking about a telephone call which she had answered just as she was about to leave the house . |
| 7 | He summoned her to attend church and then , at the moment of consecration , just as she was about to leave , four armed men stopped her . |
| 8 | Just as she was about to leave he came out and complained that he could n't find the tin-opener . |