Example sentences of "due [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old canine friend is due for a visit , which will give you a lot of pleasure . |
| 2 | According to Dolph , The Eleventh Hour , more conspiracy thriller than action flick , fits this gameplan , as does Dark Agnel , a cop caper about intergalactic drug dealers , due for a July release . |
| 3 | Any number of romantic operas likewise deal with patriotic heroes , from Rossini 's William Tell , just revived at the Royal Opera , to Smetana 's Dalibor ( which is due for a revival ) . |
| 4 | Of course I was due for a humiliation . |
| 5 | And Nan would be twenty next month and due for a rise , and she was hoping her father would stretch a point and make it ten shillings , for no matter what he said , Nan was a good assistant . |
| 6 | Stonehouse 's bill was due for a second reading in three days ' time . |
| 7 | One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party . |
| 8 | Perhaps they are due for a revival . |
| 9 | The Willis Bill , which is due for a second reading in the House of Lords on 6 May , says that anyone who sells , distributes or otherwise manes available am machine capable of reproducing a sound recording or cinematograph film shall be deemed to have authorised infringement of the copyright , in a sound recording or film Although the Bill has little chance of getting any further it will achieve one aim — to generate publicity for the record and film industry 's call for a tax or levy on blank audio and video tape . |
| 10 | THE TRIED-AND-TESTED archaeological technique of radiocarbon dating is due for a fillip later this year . |
| 11 | THE HOME video market is due for a big upset later this month . |
| 12 | Interviewees sometimes think that when an interviewer says to them , ‘ Do you have any questions you would like to ask me ? ’ this is an opportunity to ask how long the holidays are and how soon you would be due for a pay rise . |
| 13 | But Rush is confident that any animosity has long-since faded and that his former boss is due for a hero 's welcome when he leads his side out at the ground he graced for 14 illustrious years as player and manager . |
| 14 | ( Croydon 34E and 55E then due for a repaint ) Following Mr. Spencer 's resignation , T. E. Thomas became General Manager ( Trams and Trolleybuses ) covering the whole system . |
| 15 | Commenting on a considerable drop in sales at a book fair , one experienced bookman wrote about these travel books : ‘ That such a range of books which I find boring beyond belief — I prefer to call them non-books — was due for a shake-out , appeared inevitable to me . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm due for a drink . |
| 17 | Rafferty , 45 , is due for a huge royalty cheque . |
| 18 | But he insisted that they were due for a cold meal yesterday . |
| 19 | Art is , and always was , the only point — a notion so old fashioned in today 's hyperventilated art world that it just might , if we are lucky , be due for a comeback . |
| 20 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 21 | When you retire , you may be due for a tax rebate . |
| 22 | Duncan had already been there twelve hours , just due for a watch-change , when the IRA gang arrived . |
| 23 | His best friend was due for a bad let-down , and it was he who would have to spell it out for him . |
| 24 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 25 | The only thing I worry about is if I lose my mother at this time of life , before I 'm due for a pension — what 's going to happen to me ? |
| 26 | Then I think perhaps she 's due for a visitation . ’ |
| 27 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |
| 28 | He 'd been a uniformed inspector with the Soho Unit for nearly three years , and was probably due for a move ; no sign of it yet , but there was most likely a memo waiting deep in the machinery , easing its way out at the speed of a splinter . |
| 29 | Before I start , I would like to draw out two birthday titles , both paperback originals and both due for a lot of press coverage . |
| 30 | ‘ This afternoon we were — are — due for a walk to Ramsgate . ’ |