Example sentences of "was due [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 2 the Supreme Court ruled by six votes to three to uphold a stay of execution in the case of Robert Alton Harris , a convicted murderer who was due to die in the gas chamber of San Quentin Prison . |
| 2 | Stig was due to lead in the Finnmårrks Løpet , Europe 's longest sledge dog race . |
| 3 | The first report announced with regret that Harry Vardon , who was due to play in the Opening 36-hole match with James Braid , had caught 'flu and would be replaced by Rowland Jones who had ‘ recently and convincingly beaten James Braid at Tooting Bec ’ . |
| 4 | Opener Atherton was due to play in the first Test at Calcutta before being forced out on the morning of the match because of illness . |
| 5 | The crowds of buyers , who apparently did not share their view , were moving out now to the lawn where the sale was due to begin in a large marquee . |
| 6 | Also , a truce between the Provisionals and British authorities was due to begin in a few hours . |
| 7 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 8 | It was due to run in a couple of days , was n't it ? ’ |