Example sentences of "[noun sg] yesterday [subord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GERMAN inflation was revised upwards to an annual rate of 4.8 p.c. yesterday as figures provided mixed news of the state of the economy . |
| 2 | THIS year 's machinations over disposal of the Ivory Coast 's cocoa crop indirectly pushed up prices on the London Futures & Options Exchange yesterday as dealers scrambled to obtain cocoa to deliver against a substantial long position controlled by Philipp Brothers , the big American commodity trading group . |
| 3 | MANAGER Micky Stewart went out a winner yesterday as England beat Pakistan . |
| 4 | IMRAN KHAN became the fifth player in Test history to take 350 wickets — joining Richard Hadlee , Ian Botham , Dennis Lillee and Kapil Dev — when he held on to a fine one-handed return catch to dismiss Ravi Shastri yesterday as India lost their last seven wickets for 143 on the second day of the fourth and final Test in Sialkot . |
| 5 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 6 | The anchor handling vessel Monika Viking succeeded in getting a tow line on board the accommodation platform yesterday as weather eased after the airlift of 400 non-essential personnel from it on Sunday . |
| 7 | PA Aftermath : a house in Hemsby , Norfolk , hangs over a cliff edge yesterday after flooding washed away its foundations |
| 8 | AN Olympic swimming coach was suspended from his post at a top public school yesterday as police probed allegations of inde-cent assault . |
| 9 | OPENER David Boon hit a five-hour century yesterday as Australia struggled on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | PROTESTERS set fire to banks and offices of the ruling Socialist Party yesterday as Basques mourned the assassination of one of their leaders . |