Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landed rich became economically active , especially in the eighteenth century , through the rise of commercialised farming , banking , and trade with the colonies . |
| 2 | Another contributor agreed that it was possible to trot out any number of excuses for the lack of jobs , such as the political unrest ; but unemployment existed in West Belfast before the political unrest . |
| 3 | Her parents were due to go away on holiday at the start of the following week . |
| 4 | Laura was due to go over and stay with them in September . |
| 5 | Hypocrisy is a key element in this plot , too , with the difference that while they started near the top of society and were on the verge of receiving power at the very beginning , he — as a bastard son who is only just back from having spent nine years abroad ( the typical occupation for one who has no prospect of inheritance in his own country ) and is due to go again — starts very much lower down in society , virtually at the bottom . |
| 6 | It 's due to go again . |
| 7 | Mr Murray had agreed to broadcast a message to CHAB listeners at 8.30 and the party was due to go on , by train , to Regina at 9.15 pm . |
| 8 | Brigadier Smithson , who was apparently due to go on leave the next day , rang Southern Command and managed to arrange that he should go straight to London by train after the conference . |
| 9 | Dusty Springfield was wearing new shoes , with very high heels , and was terrified that she 'd slip , so just before she was due to go on , one of the team was dispatched to look for some scissors to scratch the soles with . |
| 10 | Following his visit to Du Pont , Sir Patrick was due to go on to Magherafelt , much of which was destroyed by a bomb explosion yesterday . |
| 11 | Their questions are due to go on throughout Wednesday with other objecting organisations and individuals starting their cross-examination on Thursday . |
| 12 | This entirely new production , due to go on to the Royal National Theatre in London , remains true to the essence of Lorca 's play , and as vibrant as the heat and colours of ‘ the land of sun and shadow ’ . |
| 13 | The concert by Prince was due to go ahead at Blenheim Palace last August . |
| 14 | It 's due to go ahead tomorrow night . |
| 15 | A full council meeting is due to go ahead with the formality of passing the decision taken in January by members of Durham County Council 's social services committee . |
| 16 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Fares in other regions are due to go up in May . |
| 19 | He rang just now and I 'm due to go round there this morning . ’ |
| 20 | About half an hour before I was due to go off , he made my half-hour point . |
| 21 | And then , out of the blue , as she was getting ready for bed on the evening before Kirsty was due to go off on holiday , Mrs Aitken tapped on Shiona 's bedroom door . |
| 22 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 23 | Yeah , I said it 's due to go off now , I said , half past three and we waited and waited and he said well it 's ten to four by me he said and I have n't heard one . |
| 24 | And so , for the second time in his life , Lawrence Beesley found himself leaving the Titanic just before it was due to go down . |
| 25 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 26 | ‘ The day before I was due to go back to England he asked me to marry him . |
| 27 | When are you due to go back to the hospital ? ’ |
| 28 | He had previously worked for the firm and was due to go back to it . |
| 29 | he , he were due to go back in the army and he overstayed |
| 30 | Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't ! |