Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] due [verb] at " in BNC.

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1 Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting .
2 The £1-a-share bid was due to close at 3pm yesterday , but the Carlton-led group of media bidders decided they needed longer to iron out all the problems .
3 The night sitter left at 7 a.m. and the home care aide was due to come at 8 a.m .
4 The Investiture was due to start at eleven .
5 Boro were due to play at Kelso , but declined their hosts ' request to play tonight .
6 The Marquis was due to appear at Horseferry Road magistrates on two counts of assaulting policeman , and four of dodging taxi fares .
7 Ironically , an engineer was due to call at Lobbersdown Farm today after the fami ly had noticed the boiler was smoky .
8 Their match was due to start at 11.15 .
9 Proceedings were expected to be dominated by the question of a successor to Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , whose second five-year term as UN Secretary-General was due to expire at the end of 1991 .
10 Play at Wadham Road was due to start at 3.00pm .
11 The main night shift was due to start at 10pm .
12 A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock .
13 Now your meal began at seven thirty and the readings were due to begin at nine , although Sir Thomas did not begin until a quarter past nine .
14 The ferry for the outer isles was due to leave at six on the following morning , so I checked into the waterfront hotel where I had booked , then spent the day exploring Oban , and went to bed early .
15 The train was due to arrive at her destination at midday — which gave Fabia , free of any other occupation , ample time to go over and over again everything that had happened .
16 The Chippendales were due to perform at the Leisure Centre two years ago .
17 A 49-YEAR-old Carrickfergus man was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates ' Court today charged with two counts of murder .
18 At the time of going to press a fourth PC World was due to open at Staples Corner .
19 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 .
20 The CAB did not grant the necessary exemption until 19 June — three days before the first plane was due to land at Newark .
21 Just a few weeks before the zoo was due to close at the end of September , a meeting of the Zoological Society of London , which owns both Whipsnade Wild Animal Park and London Zoo , revealed that after struggling on despite falling attendances , the zoo 's finances have finally broken even .
22 A 24-year-old Belfast youth was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court today in connection with the robbery .
23 The hearing was due to begin at Quezon City regional court on Dec. 9 .
24 The show was due to start at two o'clock ;
25 Only Flokati and Upper Gumtree were due to run at Winnipeg …
26 The trip was due to start at 10.00am .
27 The half-hour 's entertainment was due to begin at eight thirty : some relatives , waiting now patiently in the hall , had been admitted , but were not allowed backstage to mingle .
28 Play was due to begin at 9.24 .
29 Although the pilot was not a member of the PFA , he was aware of the requirement to land at Cranfield by 1230 hrs — an air display was due to start at 1300 hrs ( 1400 hrs local ) .
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