Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Undertones were due to re-form for the night but John and Damian O'Neill had to return to Derry following the tragic death of their father . |
| 2 | The inner Cabinet was to co-ordinate the work of three groups , chaired respectively by the Labour , Industry and Foreign Ministers , which were due to report in April on social issues , the economy ( including nuclear policy ) , and foreign and security issues . |
| 3 | A decision by parents to initiate resuscitation is subjective and some patients will have received this without a real need , as illustrated in patients whose subsequent and similar events were due to skin perfusion changes . |
| 4 | The day they were due to set off for France , Shanti had a swathe of her black curly hair bleached and dyed crimson . |
| 5 | Officers from Love and Co. were due to pick up goods belonging to Jim Sneddon and his wife in preparation for a warrant sale following the couple 's refusal to pay the tax . |
| 6 | Roberts commented that all the top officers of KMAG were due to depart for other posts within the next six months , which was disturbing . |
| 7 | They were due to finish unloading the ‘ Marit ’ by about eleven o'clock and that would be it until Monday morning . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This unexpected bit of colour materialising just before they were due to fall down , came as a bonus . |
| 10 | Rates in Gloucester were due to fall under the Tories . |
| 11 | Consequently they have been short of riders for their opening British League Division One matches , and for last night 's rained off home meeting with Wolverhampton they were due to use David Norris , who has been sold to Eastbourne for £15,000 , and use the rider replacement facility for Shirra . |
| 12 | Only two trains to and from British Steel Skinningrove were due to use the bridge yesterday , ’ said a British Rail spokeswoman . |
| 13 | The Second World War broke out the day before the majority of deaf schools were due to reassemble after the summer holidays . |
| 14 | The team , who were due to monitor environmental damage caused by the Gulf War , had been invited by the Iranian government . |
| 15 | Three hundred people at R-A-F Brize Norton and the major Oxford hospitals were due to participate in the excercise which would have simulated a runway collision between a V-C Ten and a Tristar . |
| 16 | They were due to give a concert at the Odeon , Weston-super-Mare and it was planned that we would do our piece with the Stones on the roof . |
| 17 | The Millmoor club were due to give Ford a free transfer but have now indicated that they may have a change of heart following the keeper 's fine run at Scarborough . |
| 18 | The talks were due to include discussions of measures to reduce tension between the two states and to promote bilateral exchanges . |
| 19 | They were due to televise the contest from the Barbican centre in York to local pubs and clubs . |
| 20 | They were due to return by Easter 1101 , but they were conveniently delayed , and it was not until September that the result of their mission became known . |
| 21 | After this we were due to return south , via the west coast , but before leaving it was necessary to replace our bent propeller . |
| 22 | Rosa and Dolores were looking after the child in Palma and I knew they were due to return . |
| 23 | It came just three weeks before the students were due to sit their examinations . |
| 24 | On Nov. 7 a government spokesman in Khartoum complained that splits in the SPLA would make it difficult to resume the Nigerian-mediated Abuja peace negotiations which were due to take place in December [ see pp. 38901 ; 38952 for previous peace talks ] . |
| 25 | We were due to go out at 2000 hours . |
| 26 | A few days before we were due to go , my mother would begin packing . |
| 27 | I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift . |
| 28 | They were due to go to Druid 's Bottom two days before Christmas , but Auntie Lou was ill . |
| 29 | I saved up for us to have a holiday , I booked a caravan and paid the coach fares and then on the morning we were due to go he said , " I 'm not going without a penny in my pocket , I ca n't , I ca n't . " |
| 30 | Her parents were due to go away on holiday at the start of the following week . |