Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Flokati and Upper Gumtree were due to run at Winnipeg … |
| 2 | Boro were due to play at Kelso , but declined their hosts ' request to play tonight . |
| 3 | Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting . |
| 4 | The analogy was there to draw between what they were prepared to do at home and what they might contemplate doing out of sight in a subjected territory . |
| 5 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |
| 6 | David Raffe ( 11 ) of Edinburgh University found that more than three-quarters of school leavers from sparsely populated areas were able to live at home . |
| 7 | Only a small percentage of black children were able to remain at school beyond primary level . |
| 8 | Southport 's reply was never in any trouble and Swift ( 28no ) and Butler ( 70no ) were able to score at will . |
| 9 | R.A.F. golfers were able to play at Henley on generous terms and at some unknown date an annual match between the Club and Medmenham was started , with the Club and the R.A.F. arranging hospitality alternately . |
| 10 | Those of us who did carry on with the flight , masochistically addicted to the hellish aimlessness of it , were obliged to leave at New Delhi , and spend a day selling brightly coloured scarves and small gold elephants on a souvenir stall . |
| 11 | The problems that juries were liable to arrive at verdicts that were less than helpful and that witnesses and jurors were vulnerable to intimidation were met by the abolition of juries in the criminal courts and the introduction of unorthodox expedients to enable witnesses to remain anonymous . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Ironically , an engineer was due to call at Lobbersdown Farm today after the fami ly had noticed the boiler was smoky . |
| 17 | At the time of going to press a fourth PC World was due to open at Staples Corner . |
| 18 | He was due to appear at Oxford Crown Court . |
| 19 | The Marquis was due to appear at Horseferry Road magistrates on two counts of assaulting policeman , and four of dodging taxi fares . |
| 20 | He was due to appear at Caesar 's Palace in Luton last night . |
| 21 | A 24-year-old Belfast youth was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court today in connection with the robbery . |
| 22 | A 49-YEAR-old Carrickfergus man was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates ' Court today charged with two counts of murder . |
| 23 | The hearing was due to begin at Quezon City regional court on Dec. 9 . |
| 24 | The CAB did not grant the necessary exemption until 19 June — three days before the first plane was due to land at Newark . |
| 25 | Suppose by reorganizing production it was possible to produce at point B to the north-east of A. If David and Susie assess their own utility by the quantity of goods they themselves receive , and if they would each rather have more goods than less , B is a better allocation than A since both David and Susie get more . |
| 26 | Jan Irving ( Wirral ) was another to win at Derby , where he took the long jump with 6.64 metres . |
| 27 | Almost half of the company-car drivers surveyed thought that it was acceptable to drive at 90mph on a motorway ( 20mph over the speed limit ) , compared with a quarter of drivers of privately-owned cars . |
| 28 | Arnold was delighted to win at Troon . |
| 29 | In Polperro it was customary to rise at dawn to ‘ See the sun dance ’ . |
| 30 | It was hard to feel at ease with him . |