Example sentences of "[was/were] due [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , we were due to finish at four o'clock but I 'm not suggesting we can get through all the business if we carry on . |
| 2 | The Chippendales were due to perform at the Leisure Centre two years ago . |
| 3 | Only Flokati and Upper Gumtree were due to run at Winnipeg … |
| 4 | Boro were due to play at Kelso , but declined their hosts ' request to play tonight . |
| 5 | Of certain important deaths that were due to occur at two o'clock . |
| 6 | Now your meal began at seven thirty and the readings were due to begin at nine , although Sir Thomas did not begin until a quarter past nine . |
| 7 | Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting . |
| 8 | The ferry for the outer isles was due to leave at six on the following morning , so I checked into the waterfront hotel where I had booked , then spent the day exploring Oban , and went to bed early . |
| 9 | I was due to leave at five-thirty in the afternoon . |
| 10 | Just a few weeks before the zoo was due to close at the end of September , a meeting of the Zoological Society of London , which owns both Whipsnade Wild Animal Park and London Zoo , revealed that after struggling on despite falling attendances , the zoo 's finances have finally broken even . |
| 11 | The £1-a-share bid was due to close at 3pm yesterday , but the Carlton-led group of media bidders decided they needed longer to iron out all the problems . |
| 12 | At the time set for the sale , it was realised that a special trainload of buyers , pressmen and spectators was due to arrive at Ayr railway station and the sale was delayed to await their arrival . |
| 13 | Miss Maynard , a maternity nurse said to be the best on a well-known agency 's list , was due to arrive at Hillmarden House on October 20th and stay for six weeks — a little longer than the usual period . |
| 14 | The train was due to arrive at her destination at midday — which gave Fabia , free of any other occupation , ample time to go over and over again everything that had happened . |
| 15 | British Rail tell us that the Banbury to Paddington train , which was due to arrive at Oxford at three minutes past seven , has been cancelled this evening , but I 've nothing disadvantageous to report to you from the buses . |
| 16 | The only problem I have to tell you about is the cancellation of the Banbury to Paddington train that was due to arrive at Oxford at three minutes past seven . |
| 17 | ‘ He was due to retire at the end of the year anyway . |
| 18 | Ironically , an engineer was due to call at Lobbersdown Farm today after the fami ly had noticed the boiler was smoky . |
| 19 | A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock . |
| 20 | At the time of going to press a fourth PC World was due to open at Staples Corner . |
| 21 | In 1921 Lord Northcliffe , the founder of the London newspaper the Daily Mail , was due to speak at a dinner for 3000 staff to celebrate the twenty-fifth birthday of the paper , but he had a throat infection , and his doctor advised him not to speak . |
| 22 | The main night shift was due to start at 10pm . |
| 23 | Although the pilot was not a member of the PFA , he was aware of the requirement to land at Cranfield by 1230 hrs — an air display was due to start at 1300 hrs ( 1400 hrs local ) . |
| 24 | The Investiture was due to start at eleven . |
| 25 | The show was due to start at two o'clock ; |
| 26 | It was due to start at four o'clock , but did n't begin until twenty past due to a hitch . |
| 27 | The trip was due to start at 10.00am . |
| 28 | Their match was due to start at 11.15 . |
| 29 | Play at Wadham Road was due to start at 3.00pm . |
| 30 | He was due to appear at Caesar 's Palace in Luton last night . |