Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his visit to Du Pont , Sir Patrick was due to go on to Magherafelt , much of which was destroyed by a bomb explosion yesterday . |
| 2 | Their questions are due to go on throughout Wednesday with other objecting organisations and individuals starting their cross-examination on Thursday . |
| 3 | Fares in other regions are due to go up in May . |
| 4 | ‘ The day before I was due to go back to England he asked me to marry him . |
| 5 | But can she really believe it is possible to go back to Cleveland over whose dead bodies she will return ? |
| 6 | It would then be all right to go back to England and Glyn ? |
| 7 | I hope I am still alive to go back to Palestine again . |
| 8 | The Orient Express is due to pull in in May . |
| 9 | I mean the the stuff 's due to come in on Friday , he reckons it 'll get it 's the fourth on Friday is n't it ? |
| 10 | I hope I 'm right to come back to Benedict 's . |
| 11 | Anne 's job involved shift work , six o'clock until two , two o'clock until ten , and ten o'clock until six in the morning so she was rarely free to go out with Sarah . |
| 12 | In this connection it is interesting to go back to William Smith , the father of stratigraphy , and to find him commenting in his memoir to the first geological map in 1815 : " The edges of the strata … are called their outcrops ; and the under edge of every stratum , being the top of the next , and that being generally the best defined , is represented by the fullest part of each colour " . |
| 13 | If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling … |
| 14 | He halted , and abruptly changed tack to demand , ‘ You 're prepared to go back to England without that interview ? ’ |
| 15 | By the same token we are free to pull out of Europe whenever we wish , simply by repealing the EC Act . |
| 16 | Constance , whose confidence was growing daily , was not prepared to give in to Nicky 's wishes merely because of his sex . |
| 17 | Warnock is favourite to end up at Sunderland if Malcolm Crosby goes . |
| 18 | is willing to stay on until September in a ‘ handing over ’ mode . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , working-class blokes were far too sensible to take up with Gina . |
| 20 | Rather than travel out from Highgate , it seemed more sensible to move out of London and travel in to town . |
| 21 | All of my local contacts for people who are willing to travel up to Leeds etc , came as a result of either me , or them wearing a Leeds shirt . |
| 22 | The day they were due to set off for France , Shanti had a swathe of her black curly hair bleached and dyed crimson . |
| 23 | The evening proved to be extremely busy , and Juliet found it impossible to slip up to Hunter again . |
| 24 | MacLachlan , victor of eight combats over the island , was fortunate to come down on Malta itself , rather than in the sea : ‘ For what seemed like hours I hung there , apparently motionless , with Malta still as far away as ever . |
| 25 | They embarked but dense fog made it impossible to put in to Ardbeg so they were all carried to the Small Isles , Jura , then to Port Askaig and West Loch Tarbet , returning to Ardbeg next evening after 24 hours on board . |
| 26 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 27 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
| 28 | Macari looks set to take over at Parkhead by the end of the week . |
| 29 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 30 | With this background of ‘ westernisation ’ it was considered natural to come over to England to complete my education . |