9 sentences

1. 我正要给你寄张纸条。

   wǒ zhèng​yào gěi nǐ jì zhāng zhǐ​tiáo.

   I was just about to send you a note.

   Source: CCMatrix

2. 他看上去像他正要离开。

   tā kàn​shang​qu xiàng tā zhèng​yào lí kāi.

   He looked like he was about to leave.

   Source: CCMatrix

3. 公共汽车正要离开。

   gōng​gòng​qì​chē zhèng​yào lí kāi.

   The bus is about to leave.

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 我本来正要回家。

   wǒ běn​lái zhèng​yào huí jiā.

   I was just about to head home.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

5. 她正要说话，但他阻止了她。

   tā zhèng​yào shuō huà, dàn tā zǔ​zhǐ le tā.

   She was about to speak but he stopped her.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 我正要变得非常不受欢迎。

   wǒ zhèng​yào biàn​de fēi​cháng bù​shòu​huān​yíng.

   I’m about to become very unpopular.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 电话铃响时我正要去买东西。

   diàn​huà​líng xiǎng shí wǒ zhèng​yào qù mǎi dōng​xi.

   I was just about to go shopping when the telephone rang.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken

8. 我们正要出发。

   wǒ​men zhèng​yào chū​fā.

   We're about to leave.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

9. 当我正要离开他的商店时，我想到了一个念头。

   dāng wǒ zhèng​yào lí kāi tā de shāng​diàn shí, wǒ xiǎng dào le yī​ge niàn​tou.

   As I was about to leave his shop, a thought occurred to me.

   Source: CCMatrix