about to

At the next full council meeting in May when the issue was raised and about to be checked off with a cursory nod with the understanding that it was out of their hands, a done deal, Betty Jean was ready.

The Autoimmune Epidemic

The entire mission was about to be exposed, and there was no telling what Gul Mogad might do once he found out about the Starfleet equipment.

Breakdowns

The other Cardassian nodded as he took a final look at his own scanner, and Ghrovlatrei was about to allow herself a guarded sigh of relief when the soldier froze in place, a frown creasing his pale features.

Breakdowns

If what Tanek suspected was true, the war between the followers of the One True Faith and the heathen Nasnan was about to come to pass, and with it would come global annihilation.

Breakdowns

Thus, technically at the very least, Ezno was about to commit treason.

Breakdowns

He was just about to assign positions to each of them when lights strafed the front of the house and a car pulled into the driveway.

Give Up?

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare grew concerned that the United States might be about to see another large national flu pandemic, involving numbers of influenza deaths reminiscent of the flu pandemic of 1918.

The Autoimmune Epidemic

Tyler thought he was about to be brought up on charges for attacking and killing an FBI agent, not to mention making a mess of the ship, when the door opened and Agent Melanie Harris walked in.

The Ark

Unfortunately, what remained of my semirural idyll was about to come to an end: the U.S. Postal Service was planning to build a huge mail processing center off nearby Mussey Road, on land including the Grondin Quarry and the Neilson Farm parcels.

The Killing Kind

And here you are already, Agent Phelps, just as I was about to lift the phone and call.

The Huckleberry Murders