When about 80 yards off, a shot at his head only had the effect of increasing his pace, and when within 20 yards the second barrel failed to turn him, as I had hoped.
When about to descend, it hovers for a short space in one spot, and then by a sudden plunge reaches the ground, with body contracted and wings completely closed.
Iron frames are laid the whole length of the room; on these the barrels of various qualities, when about to be fired, are placed.
When about to separate, the venerable Patriarch introduced me to all his posterity.
At the close of the communion service, when about to depart to his home, the white-haired man drew near to the Bishop.
When about two-thirds up the hill, I became so faint that I concluded I was dying.
I ran off as fast as I could; and, when about to turn a corner in the road where he would lose sight of me, I looked back and saw him still standing with head uncovered where I had left him--gazing after me.
When about to leave Aniwa, I went specially to visit him.
Hercules, as a Constellation, is represented in the attitude of kneeling, when about to slay the dragon that watched the gardens of the Hesperides.
When about to be punished for comparing her own beauty to that of the Goddesses, Olenus offered to submit to the penalty in her stead, on which they were both changed into stones.
The mother cockchafer, when about to lay her eggs, digs into the earth of a meadow or corn-field to the depth of a span, and deposits them in a cluster at the bottom of the excavation.
When about to ease nature they are at great pains to conceal themselves from observation, yet are very indecent in discharging their urine, which they would do at any time, both men and women, while conversing with us.
When about to write, his usual way of trying his pen was in these words, Jesu cum Maria sit nobis in via; and in so fair a character as might have sufficed to gain his bread by writing.
When about a yard apart, each discerned the other and stood still, the spider with his legs slightly bent and his body raised, the cockroach confronting him and directing his antennæ with a restless undulation towards his enemy.
An opportunity is afforded on the sea-shore of Ceylon for observing a remarkable illustration of instinct in the turtle, when about to deposit its eggs.
When about twenty-five years old, he left his master and went to Philadelphia with two of his fellow slaves; giving as a reason that he wanted to try whether he couldn't do something for himself.
When about twenty-four years old, she escaped to Philadelphia, and lived in the family of Isaac W.
When about to leave, I was visited by a delegation from the local militia who, for a fair consideration, induced us both to remain over and referee a game of basket ball that evening at the armory.
After finishing a dozen pair, when about to polish the second shoe on number thirteen, someone claimed she heard a professor reading Volapuk.
When about to depart, I was disconcerted to discover the doctor's boy riding his new possession down the street toward the hotel.
When about to retire, I learned that my donkey was stolen; I was told local bandits held him for ransom.
When about to use the log line, cast the weight well clear of the sledge, let the reel give off the line freely until the red rag is free.
When about to pitch camp, or whilst resting, drive the spears into the ice to secure the dogs to by short neck ropes.
When about to set up your tent for a long sojourn additional precautions are requisite.
When about to speak, she felt as if all her physical strength had abandoned her; as if her will, previously schooled to the task, had become recusant.
In fact, this close, nervous, and penurious old man felt, when aboutto perform this generous action, all that alarm and hesitation which a virtuous man would feel when on the eve of committing a crime.
One of these (Salticus scenicus), when about to do this, elevates itself upon its legs, and lifting its head seems to survey the spot before it jumps.
The larva of the cabbage-butterfly (Pontia Brassicae) when about to assume the pupa state, commonly fixes itself to the under-side of the coping of a wall or some similar projection.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when about" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
