Example sentences of "yesterday for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left yesterday for the centre for autism after donations reached £25,000 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , there were further calls yesterday for the scrapping of local government reform following the disclosure that the Scottish Office accepted that errors were made in costings by its consultants , Touche Ross . |
| 3 | ELECTRICIAN Terence Thomas , 36 , of Hayes Road , Birkenhead , successfully applied to Wirral magistrates yesterday for the return of his driving licence to help him with his work . |
| 4 | SILENCE Of The Lambs star Anthony Hopkins , above , was back behind bars again yesterday for the opening of an addiction centre at Downview prison in Sutton , Surrey . |
| 5 | There was growing concern yesterday for the fate of 11 US scientists from the Tropical Research Institute who were taken from their island laboratories on Wednesday . |
| 6 | LAUGHTER punctuated a thanksgiving service yesterday for the life of the prolific dramatist William Douglas-Home , whose plays chronicled the capers of the upper classes . |
| 7 | A PET slug called Princess beat 100 others yesterday for the title of Most Beautiful Slug in a pub contest at Hexham , Northumberland . |
| 8 | I have n't seen the draft guidelines that came out yesterday for the registration of nursing homes but I understand that they do n't actually address these issues . |
| 9 | A POLICEMAN 'S widow was awarded £260,000 compensation yesterday for the death of her husband 10 years ago . |
| 10 | AYOUTH was sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure at the Old Bailey yesterday for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer while the mother was convicted of cruelty but cleared of murder and manslaughter . |
| 11 | Self-confessed UVF man Robert Henry ( 24 ) , from Rathmore Drive , Rathcoole , went on trial yesterday for the murder of Peter McTasney ( 24 ) . |
| 12 | A long-running tribunal of inquiry into allegations of malpractices within the Irish meat processing industry was adjourned yesterday for the period of the election campaign . |
| 13 | LVMH added £30m to the £246m pre-tax profits Guinness announced yesterday for the period to 30 June , when only a 16 per cent stake was accounted for . |
| 14 | The Argentinian captain returned to Buenos Aires yesterday for the match against Denmark tomorrow after club president , Luis Cuervas , had ordered Maradona to prepare for next weekend 's home fixture in Spain . |
| 15 | WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE , Minister of State at the Foreign Office , called yesterday for the improvement in human rights in the Soviet Union to be codified into law . |