Example sentences of "first [noun] yesterday " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds United3 , Chelsea0 LEEDS returned to the top of the First Division yesterday with a sudden scoring explosion that masked a deeply unconvincing performance . |
| 2 | SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 3 | Peterboro 3 , Swindon 3 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 4 | Greavesey of course and at the risk of overdosing on goals you can see all the action that mattered from the First Division yesterday . |
| 5 | Okay but we have plenty more goals around the First Division yesterday and you 'll be able to see those in a couple of moments . |
| 6 | CITY OF EDINBURGH women stayed on top of the Scottish League first division yesterday with a 99-48 win over an Edinburgh Royals side containing at least four players who have represented Scotland . |
| 7 | COLOMBO — Sri Lankan troops went on the offensive at first light yesterday after left-wing rebels defied a six-day government ceasefire and burnt dozens of vehicles and buildings , killing 61 people , Reuter reports . |
| 8 | Announcing his first programme yesterday , he spoke of the ‘ awesome responsibility ’ of following Joan Knight who has turned it into one of the most successful theatres in the country with an average audience of more than 7,000 people for each production . |
| 9 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ Our resources are limited , but we hope to come up with some constructive recommendations , ’ said Coun Coppinger after the group 's first meeting yesterday . |
| 11 | He has forged a highly successful partnership with apprentice Steve Maloney , who led the turf jockeys ' table for half an hour after winning the season 's first race yesterday . |
| 12 | ANDRE AGASSI , the second seed , was knocked out of the Hong Kong Open in the first round yesterday by Haiti 's Ronald Agenor . |
| 13 | Unfortunately Ohmachi could not sustain the connection and the rising son went down 8 and 6 on the Burma Road to Chip Beck in the first round yesterday . |
| 14 | BRITAIN 'S Aid Minister saw the suffering of the Somalis at first hand yesterday — two days after the Mirror showed the full horror to the nation . |
| 15 | After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing . |
| 16 | Specialists in the property sector said there were a couple of aggressive attempts to sell large lines of both MEPC and also Hammerson ‘ A ’ ( down 25 at 330p ) first thing yesterday . |
| 17 | I rang and told her first thing yesterday morning . |
| 18 | NEW pupils at a dog obedience class were all shapes and sizes when they arrived for their first lesson yesterday . |
| 19 | He celebrated the occasion , appropriately enough in Bristol , by helping to polish off Gloucestershire 's first innings yesterday morning . |
| 20 | BP fired the first salvo yesterday and chairman Robert Horton has arranged to see Chancellor Norman Lamont to try to assess the prospects for change . |
| 21 | He gets married next month and one of his first tasks yesterday was to inform his wife-to-be that four days after they return from their honeymoon he 'll be off for two months on a 13-game tour . |
| 22 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |
| 23 | Walter Kent , the American composer of The White Cliffs of Dover , visited the town for the first time yesterday and presented an original of the song manuscript to the district council , which will display it in the £14m ‘ White Cliffs Experience ’ due to open in 1991 . |
| 24 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 25 | The Serbian forces ' westward drive into Bosnia fits into a map disclosed for the first time yesterday , which shows Serbian leaders intend to capture more than 70 per cent of Bosnia , leaving Croatian and Muslim populations isolated in small pockets of land . |
| 26 | To all of them , Fry is Barnet , and without him there , few will have good reason to stay at Underhill , particularly as they alleged publicly for the first time yesterday that chairman Stan Flashman had physically threatened them . |
| 27 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 28 | TAGGART star Mark McManus talked for the first time yesterday about a heartbreak series of family tragedies . |
| 29 | MIA Farrow 's adopted daughter spoke for the first time yesterday of her ‘ wonderful ’ affair with Woody Allen . |
| 30 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |