Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or was Germany , rather than Italy , his real destination after whatever was due to happen in Paris ? |
| 2 | The vessel , which was named after the statue erected by students in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square during the 1989 protests [ see pp. 36640-42 ; 36720-22 ] , left France on March 17 and was due to dock in Taiwan to take on supplies before beginning anti-communist broadcasts from international waters off the coast of China . |
| 3 | He was due to go in June but brought forward the date to join Adidas , which was finally sold off yesterday by the controversial French tycoon Bernard Tapie to a group of international investors for $371 million . |
| 4 | Erm yeah Ken had one and he 's managed to erm secure early release from erm the lease which was due to finish in July . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In item 3 of the April notes it was stated that the N.W. London Training Course was due to close in June of this year . |
| 7 | ‘ Things were being let slide because it was due to close in five weeks time . ’ |
| 8 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 9 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 10 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
| 11 | John Shalikashvili was appointed NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe in succession to Gen. John Galvin , who had been in post since 1987 and was due to retire in mid-1992 . |
| 12 | Known as Jimmy by his friends , he was due to retire in December and has been a weaver with Stoddards for the past 34 years . |
| 13 | Fifty six year old Lieutenant General , Sir Peter de la Beliaire was due to retire in November , instead , he 's preparing to fight a war . |
| 14 | The man who was in charge of the A S , er the S A S storming of the Iranian Embassy ten years ago is to lead Britain 's forces in the Gulf ; fifty-six year old Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Beliaire was due to retire in November . |
| 15 | Miko 's pardon was welcomed by the government of Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González , who was due to visit in September . |
| 16 | As the first round of the lower-level negotiations closed on Feb. 28 it became clear that these and other technical issues were still unresolved , and a second round of negotiations was due to commence in Budapest , Hungary , on April 23 . |
| 17 | Stig was due to lead in the Finnmårrks Løpet , Europe 's longest sledge dog race . |
| 18 | Technically , unless accepted by the Speaker , a resignation from the Assembly became operative only if approved by the Assembly as a whole , which was due to remain in recess until September . |
| 19 | However , the register , classifying the remainder of the country 's 36,000,000 people , only 4,500,000 of them white , was due to remain in force until the agreement of an eventual new constitution which , de Klerk told parliament , was " within our reach within a few years " . |
| 20 | Some Palestinians , however , leapt to the conclusion that the crash was staged in order to boost sympathy for the PLO leader ahead of a crucial meeting of the 90-member PLO central council which was due to open in Tunis today . |
| 21 | Emirates GC , the venue for the annual Dubal Desert Classic , was the first in the Gulf states , while the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club was due to open in October . |
| 22 | The lawyers , working away in their legal centre in Kirkwall , continued to prepare their case for the Proof Hearing , which was due to open in Kirkwall on 3 April . |
| 23 | It was due to open in less than a week . |
| 24 | Reagan gave replies which were videotaped to 159 questions put to him by the lawyers of his former National Security Adviser , Rear Admiral John Poindexter , whose trial was due to open in Washington DC on March 5 . |
| 25 | It had already been performed in Britain and was due to open in Boston , then on Broadway as the second part of a double-bill , with another of Shaffer 's one-act plays , White Lies . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Nervous because she was due to play in two chukkas ' time , Perdita refused even to acknowledge Daisy 's presence . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The first lecture was due to start in half an hour — time enough for what she had to do . |
| 30 | Mansell stunned the Grand Prix race world when he revealed that he was packing up only four hours before he was due to start in his 178th Grand Prix . |