Example sentences of "[was/were] yesterday [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyers representing the nuns from the Our Lady of the Passion Monastery , Daventry , Northamptonshire , were yesterday granted a judicial review of the Ministry of Agriculture order to slaughter the chickens . |
| 2 | THE Prime Minister and the caterer , Clare Latimer , were yesterday given a public apology and undisclosed damages in the first round of their libel claims over allegations of an affair between them . |
| 3 | FORENSIC experts were yesterday examining a decomposed forearm found wrapped in bandages and dumped in a back garden . |
| 4 | Other locals were yesterday keeping a low profile , preserving the privacy requested by the couple . |
| 5 | ROCK star Dave Stewart was yesterday declared a civic hero in the city he quit as a teenager after years of school bullying pushed him close to a nervous breakdown . |
| 6 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 7 | THE father of Princess Stephanie of Monaco 's newborn baby was yesterday given a 15-day suspended jail sentence for beating up a motorist . |
| 8 | A MAN who refused to speak for several days after being arrested was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge . |
| 9 | Mrs Stringer was yesterday given a civic send-off by Stockton Mayor Coun Mike O'Brien . |
| 10 | BANKER Lorrain Osman , 60 , held in custody for 5½ years , was yesterday granted a final appeal by the High Court against being sent to Hong Kong on fraud charges . |
| 11 | HELENA Bonham-Carter , the actress , was yesterday granted a High Court injunction in London against a fan who has pestered her for several years . |
| 12 | The former Havana nightclub in Linthorpe Road , Middlesbrough , is set to undergo a change of image after Fred Veazey was yesterday granted a provisional public entertainment licence . |
| 13 | The £50,000-added showpiece was not originally on the agenda for the Gold Cup hero , but trainer Toby Balding was yesterday considering a late change of plan following Cool Ground 's premature exit in Saturday 's Crowther Homes Becher Chase at Aintree . |
| 14 | WEST HAM midfielder Martin Allen was yesterday handed a four-match ban and a £1,000 fine by the Football Association — less than 24 hours after his team-mate Julian Dicks received his 40th booking in five years and admitted he had considered quitting the game . |