'BE ABOUT TO'
EGP #368 | B2 | FUTURE / future in the past Can use the simple past form of 'be' + 'about to' (often with 'just') to talk about the immediate future from a point in the past. Lexical range: N/A
我正要敲门，门自己开了。
I ___was ___about ___to knock when the door opened by itself.
她刚要说出真相，却改变了主意。
She ___was ___just ___about ___to tell the truth, but she changed her mind.
眼看就要下雨了，他们赶紧跑进屋里。
It ___was ___about ___to rain, so they ran inside.
我们正要放弃，就在草丛里发现了那只猫。
We ___were ___about ___to give up when we found the cat in the bushes.
他正要给客户回电话，邮件通知就弹了出来。
He ___was ___just ___about ___to call the client back when a notification popped up.