Example sentences of "[noun prp] yesterday [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AUSTRALIAN entrepreneur Alan Bond yesterday appealed for the support of his shareholders , saying his debt-burdened brewing , property and media group would survive . |
| 2 | THE TV presenter Fiona Armstrong yesterday spoke for the first time about why she has quit the breakfast station GMTV — and dismissed talk about the notorious ‘ F ( for fanciability ) factor ’ . |
| 3 | Opposition to the move , at the annual Scottish Prison Officers ' Association conference in Inverness yesterday came from the staff of Porterfield Prison , Inverness , who claimed that the moth-balled unit would not fulfil the role for which it was originally intended — to house disruptive prisoners . |
| 4 | talking of rejects I was I was conned into going down to Stoke yesterday to look at the Portmeirion seconds shop . |
| 5 | SUNDERLAND yesterday relented to the rule book in the tug-of-war over the international services of Anton Rogan next week . |
| 6 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday warned about the dangers of Manchester United becoming gripped by title fever if they beat Aston Villa in the FA Premier League at Old Trafford tomorrow . |
| 7 | — HOWARD Wilkinson yesterday turned on the pundits writing off Leeds United 's championship chances . |
| 8 | Chairman Garry Gibson yesterday laughed at the prospect not merely of promotion , but the possibility of passing the Magpies on the way . |
| 9 | But Kingstonian chairman Barry Chauveau yesterday appealed to the FA about the incident . |
| 10 | AROUND 50 demonstrators gathered at Edinburgh 's City Chambers yesterday to protest at the presence of a Sinn Fein speaker at a meeting inside . |
| 11 | President Franois Mitterrand of France yesterday called for the deportation of illegal immigrants and for sanctions against their employers , but said he believed guest workers should have voting rights . |
| 12 | Voters lined up before dawn in Chad yesterday to participate in the first national election in 20 years in this war-torn former French colony . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher yesterday flew to the US to address the UN on the environment as Britain blocked a global freeze on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 14 | Mrs Thatcher yesterday flew to the US to address the UN on the environment , as Britain blocked a global freeze on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 15 | Mr Major yesterday joined in the attack on the Germans . |
| 16 | Keane , in County Monaghan yesterday preparing with the Irish squad for tomorrow 's Group Three World Cup qualifier , is still under contract to Forest until the end of October . |
| 17 | Prof Anderson yesterday confirmed to the The Scotsman that he will outline the proposals , believed to be the first of their kind on such a scale in Britain , to councillors and officials this morning at a private meeting . |
| 18 | NORTH Yorkshire landowner Lady Bell yesterday spoke of the accident which left her son with serious head injuries . |
| 19 | But Palace assistant manager Alan Smith yesterday jumped to the defence of his young side and hit out at Souness — who is particularly angry at a Gareth Southgate challenge on David Burrows which left the full-back with ligament and cartilage damage . |
| 20 | THE top two executives at pharmaceuticals group SmithKline Beecham yesterday emerged as the highest paid duo in a major British quoted company . |
| 21 | Woosnam yesterday appeared on the Augusta practice ground with a brace on his arm to correct a swing . |
| 22 | The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday warned of the dangers of materialism and of a new ‘ meanness of spirit ’ afflicting the country . |
| 23 | HTV CHAIRMAN Louis Sherwood yesterday warned of the dire consequences of changes to ITV ownership rules which could put the company under the threat of a take-over . |
| 24 | THE Royal Ordnance Factory at Leeds yesterday delivered to the British Army the first production version of the Challenger tank , less than three years after the Ministry of Defence ordered the vehicle.The army is receiving more than 200 Challengers , costing about £300 million , to beef up its defences in Germany against Soviet tanks . |
| 25 | THE heartbroken father of a three-year-old boy murdered by the IRA yesterday called on the terrorists to lay down their arms . |