Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been due " in BNC.

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1 All 3,700 US forces currently remaining in Kuwait had been due to leave in September , and the US announcement thus revived reports of the Kuwaiti government 's continuing interest in securing a Western military presence in the country [ see p. 38407 ] .
2 Although John Wright had been due to send Hanns a letter about the technical requirements , it was actually the choreographer who wrote again in late September , suggesting simplification to avoid distracting the eye and adding ‘ You must design several feet around the back cloth , otherwise what you have designed will be cut off by the back legs and flies ’ .
3 California had been due in second quarter 1993 , Montana at the end of 1993 , Nevada , end-1994 .
4 ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game .
5 Tim and Sophie had been due to fly out to meet Julie and Elizabeth within a few days .
6 She was godmother to Julie 's 23-month-old daughter Sophie and Mr Godwin and Sophie had been due to fly out to join the group on Friday .
7 Mesic had been due to take up office on May 15 , under the system of rotating leadership , but Serbia , Vojvodina and Bosnia Hercegovina blocked his appointment , thus precipitating a constitutional deadlock .
8 The prosecution say that following an armed robbery at a building society near Gloucester in 1988 White had been due to give evidence against Gardiner and implicating him in the crime .
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