Examples of 'we were about to leave' in a sentence

Meaning of "we were about to leave"

we were about to leave: This phrase suggests that the speaker and others were on the brink of departing or exiting from a place. It conveys the idea that the departure was imminent or very close to happening

How to use "we were about to leave" in a sentence

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we were about to leave
We were about to leave you high and dry.
Tom got home just as we were about to leave.
We were about to leave once you arrive.
She arrived when we were about to leave.
We were about to leave when my mom called me.
Tom arrived just as we were about to leave.
We were about to leave when you arrived.
She brought her as we were about to leave.
We were about to leave for a jazz bar.
Mike got dressed and we were about to leave.
As we were about to leave for our free influencer vacation.
She started cleaning up just when we were about to leave.
We were about to leave without you.
He finally came up to us as we were about to leave.
We were about to leave in the car.

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She said she had a headache when we were about to leave.
We were about to leave the party.
I got the biggest surprise as we were about to leave though.
We were about to leave this place.
We were the only customers until we were about to leave.
He knew we were about to leave.
We thought it was free of coast until we were about to leave.
We were about to leave after talking.
You arrived just as we were about to leave for London in the year.
We were about to leave the shop when he spoke again.
After thanking him, we were about to leave.
We were about to leave the ship when a rating asked me for a light.
Thank you sir, but we were about to leave when you arrived.
We were about to leave anyway.
I think you thought we were about to leave you with a baby sitter!
We were about to leave already.
Let us have one last drink . We were about to leave.
But we were about to leave.
I know it 's stupid, but when we were about to leave Paris.
When we were about to leave.
Please, forgive us . She started cleaning up just when we were about to leave.
We were about to leave civilisation behind and head into the mountains.
We were at a pool . We were about to leave.
No we were about to leave.
You fooled us. You made us all ashamed. We were about to leave everything behind.
As we were about to leave Rod showed up.
Anyway, just as we were about to leave.
We were about to leave the building when I suddenly heard someone call my name.
Same here. We were about to leave.
We were about to leave Cloudbase.
You are late . We were about to leave.
We were about to leave the tunnel when I had a sudden thought.
You're leaving already? Well, you came right when we were about to leave.
Just as we were about to leave the bar, it started pouring.
Good night, Don Jorge . We were about to leave.

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