Sentence examples for were about to attack from inspiring English sources

"Had we had any inkling, whatsoever, that terrorists were about to attack our country, we would have moved heaven and Earth to protect America," Bush said.

That recalled Osama bin Laden's decision to pose in 1998 in front of a map of East Africa, where Qaeda operatives were about to attack two American Embassies, he said.

A Los Angeles man was arrested yesterday and charged with calling the North Plainfield police and falsely warning that terrorists were about to attack the British Embassy in Toronto, according to the F.B.I.

They arrested 27 people at the tail end of a protest parade on Saturday, based on what they said was solid information that those particular demonstrators were about to attack the police and storm the Plaza Hotel.

"There needs to be a full discussion about how best to coordinate the different intelligence-gathering services here in the country," he said, going on to repeat his past statements that "had we any inkling, whatsoever, that terrorists were about to attack our country, we would have moved heaven and earth to protect America.

When local RSK authorities (led by Veljko Džakula in Sector West) demanded an explanation of the order from Hadžić, he said that the Croatian forces were about to attack Okučani.

Hmmmm, I guess some enemies are about to attack.

"What happened out there was the release of a virus that's about to attack the political class.

New Windows Worm Could Be On Its Way Security experts say patterns of activity on the Internet could indicate that a new computer worm is about to attack.

Almost anyone "might" be armed and "might" be about to attack, but without objective observations, use of force, especially deadly force, cannot be justified.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 78, she was mobilised due to concerns that the victorious Russians might be about to attack Constantinople, forcing Great Britain to intervene, but nothing transpired and Warrior cruised to Bantry Bay instead.