Example sentences of "was due [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the country was due to wake up to a teeth-chattering 4C ( 39F ) — six degrees lower than average — with ground frost in many parts of the South , Midlands and Scotland . |
| 2 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 3 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 4 | Nigger told him he was due to start back on the tugs on the following Monday . |
| 5 | Having looked at the growing success of the Editing for Industry awards and noted the fact that Alan Peaford was due to step down after a three-year stint in the chair , I decided to ask him to continue in the post for my year of office . |
| 6 | In the meantime , work was proceeding on the Croydon — Sutton line and the time limit specified in the Act was due to run out by the end of the year . |
| 7 | Jan had one problem with an actress who was due to throw up in a scene . |