Examples of 'i was about' in a sentence

The phrase 'I was about' is often used to indicate that someone was on the verge of doing something or that they nearly did something. It suggests that the person was close to taking a particular action, but either changed their mind or was interrupted before they could proceed

I was about to call him and he calls me instead.

I would actually like to do what i was about to do the day we went sailing.

I was about to find out when you came in.

My mother has shown me the way i was about to fight for my love.

I was about to ask you the same thing.

I just felt a twinge in my calf just as I was about to take off.

I was about to go out and look for you.

I thought you were still on the phone so I was about to go to your house.

I was about to ask you the same question.

In fact one of my earliest memories is seeing a cougar when I was about five.

I was about to spend the night on the streets.

Thank you for helping me see what a stupid thing I was about to do.

I was about to close my third case of the day.

I began to realize that I was about to get involved with a very big undertaking.

I was about to make the exact same comment.

See also

i was able to watch

i was able to work

i was about to ask

i was about to break

I was thinking that for some drunken poet I was about to hit a great man.

I was about to call all the emergency rooms.

You tipped me off about a federal investigation when I was about to get busted.

I was about to phone the hospital about him.

I had a teacher who took a special interest in me when I was about your age.

I was about to open a line of communication to start negotiations.

I had not felt such fear since I was about to be executed and then was not.

I was about to say the same thing to you.

I wanted to tell you how sorry I was about the news you had at home.

I was about to suggest you take up some more of it.

I wanted to tell you how sorry I was about interrupting your session last week.

I was about to make haggis with your innards.

Your grandmother gave me a cross just like that when I was about your age.

I was about to say he was not entirely happy at home.

My passion for cooking came from cooking with my dad when I was about ten.

I was about to open the second one too.

And it looks like I was about to be replaced anyway.

I was about to ask you that same question.

And then just as I was about to lose hope.

I was about to drive around looking for you.

He got out just as I was about to collar him.

I was about to use a crowbar to pry them off of me.

If you do not mind I was about to get out.

I was about to say something and was cut off.

Which is exactly what I was about to tell you.

I was about to remark on the warmth of the day.

So this was mine when I was about your size.

I was about to find out when you walked in.

My dad taught it to me when I was about your age.

I was about to flush my stash down the toilet.

I read it myself when I was about your age.

I was about to get one till you showed.

I started here when I was about your age.

I was about to pull back in front of your father.

A fairy who lived here when I was about.

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