Example sentences of "yesterday [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A BRITISH general was named yesterday as the first commander of Nato 's new Allied Rapid Reaction Corps , heading about 80,000 troops from 11 countries .
2 There was one bright spot yesterday as the first car rolled off Toyota 's new production line in Derbyshire .
3 HIGHLAND-BORN Dr Catriona Burness was named yesterday as the sixth Glenfiddich Fellow in the Department of Scottish History at St Andrews University .
4 BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress .
5 The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year .
6 KEVIN COOMBS Norman Lamont arrives yesterday for the first meeting of the Cabinet since the Budget
7 Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade .
8 Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size .
9 Hodgson was in the witness box yesterday for the first time in the trial — now in its fifth week .
10 There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important ..
11 I went yesterday for the first time .
12 Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday .
13 ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months .
14 A FRENCH prisoner in Nazi Germany who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after the Second World War for the love of a Ukrainian woman returned home yesterday for the first time in 52 years .
15 DISCUSSIONS between management and representatives of the 1,300 striking manual workers at Yarrow took place yesterday for the first time since the dispute began 12 days ago .
16 THE new crew of that colourful Clyde puffer , the Vital Spark , gathered yesterday for the first time aboard the vessel made famous in the Neil Munro tales .
17 I cut the grass yesterday for the first time and it was like a meadow !
18 Sir Hector , who was in Shetland yesterday for the fourth time this year , said monitoring of water and fish samples around the islands would continue for as long as was necessary .
19 Mr Ashdown descended on the area yesterday for the third time in his marathon campaign amid growing recognition among Tories that the South-West could prove their Achilles ' heel , a danger underlined by the Press Association opinion poll which showed a swing against the Conservatives in the region of six per cent .
20 The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London .
21 A DISPUTE over a share transfer deal between the owner of Rangers Football Club , David Murray , and the club 's former vice-chairman , Jack Gillespie , remained unresolved yesterday after the first leg of a courtroom clash .
22 ARTS provision in north-east Essex entered a new era yesterday with the first meeting of a trust to promote painting and sculpture in the area .
23 HEAVY rains gave way long enough for New Zealand to declare at 325–3 yesterday in the first Test at against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo .
24 TWO SERB soldiers accused of war crimes went on trial yesterday in the first attempt by Bosnia 's Muslim authorities to bring alleged perpetrators of atrocities to justice .
25 TUESDAY 'S play in the first round singles events having been rained off were played yesterday in the 31st Dun Laoghire Bowling tournament in Dublin .
26 our next race is for football 's league championships … on Saturday in the first division Swindon slipped back and Oxford struggled … yesterday in the third division Hereford grabbed a point
27 Global warming could soon be accelerated dramatically due to a thinning of the sea ice , Mrs Thatcher said yesterday in the 50th anniversary lecture of the parliamentary and scientific committee at the Lords .
28 A MAN said a silent prayer of thanks yesterday on the third anniversary of his heart transplant for the anonymous donor who gave him his life .
29 EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes was within 200 miles of the South Pole yesterday on the 50th day of a 2,200-mile trek for charity .
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