Example sentences of "[noun sg] yesterday [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOSNIA 'S Muslim president yesterday suspended temporarily his participation in international peace talks in New York , saying he could not be involved as long as Serbs continued their offensive in eastern Bosnia and Sarajevo . |
| 2 | The Confederation of British Industry yesterday said MPs ' pay must also be pegged . |
| 3 | A MAJOR meat industry figure yesterday endorsed livestock producers ' legitimate expectations of premium prices for quality products . |
| 4 | A MYSTERY London punter yesterday scooped a staggering Pounds 120,038.07 with a bet of just £20 . |
| 5 | AN INDIAN journalist yesterday accused his editor of suppressing information that might have helped to identify the recipients of millions of dollars in bribes allegedly paid to Indian officials by the Bofors armaments company , a scandal which has caused acute embarrassment to Rajiv Gandhi 's government . |
| 6 | Patients at Dr Jordan 's 1,530-strong practice yesterday described him as a ‘ conscientious grafter ’ . |
| 7 | A FORMER National Health Service doctor trying to build up a private holistic treatment practice yesterday lost his Appeal Court challenge to a General Medical Council rule against advertising . |
| 8 | AFORMER National Health Service doctor trying to build up a private holistic treatment practice yesterday lost his Appeal Court challenge to a General Medical Council rule against advertising . |
| 9 | According to reports from the Romanian capital , the violence yesterday started when President Ceausescu sought to address a staged rally of support that rapidly turned into a huge protest . |
| 10 | THE Scottish Ensemble yesterday announced a sponsorship deal of such significance that they have now chosen to amend their name . |
| 11 | Nerco yesterday announced net losses of $551 million for 1992 following writedowns on oil and gas assets and loses on discontinued minerals businesses , totalling $714 million . |
| 12 | A SPECIAL task force yesterday unearthed the last £140,000 of the ransom money handed over after estate agent Stephanie Slater was kidnapped . |
| 13 | A SPECIAL police task force yesterday uncovered more of the Stephanie Slater ransom . |
| 14 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 15 | AN expert witness yesterday blamed a doctor 's error of judgement for the death of an unborn child . |
| 16 | A music teacher who turned his hand to writing books after he suffered a stroke yesterday presented the Mayor of Darlington with some of his works . |
| 17 | Queen Margaret College yesterday announced plans for a major expansion on to a new campus , costing up to £10 million and aimed at carrying the former domestic science school to the size required for university status . |
| 18 | AN OBSESSED fan yesterday admitted bombarding snooker world champion Stephen Hendry with obscene letters and phone calls . |
| 19 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 20 | THE financier who made a billion when Chancellor Lamont lost the battle for the pound yesterday gave £32 million to charity . |
| 21 | The Sheffield Wednesday flyer yesterday learned he had cracked a bone in his ankle when he scored at Highbury on Saturday . |
| 22 | THE Scotch Whisky Association yesterday revealed that the industry suffered a 10 per cent collapse in UK sales last year — the worst performance since 1977 . |
| 23 | The Pre-School Playgroups Association yesterday launched a nationwide campaign to provide facilities so mothers can return to work . |
| 24 | FILM director Woody Allen 's young lover yesterday dismissed rumours that their affair was on the wane . |
| 25 | A BALLET lover yesterday lost her £200 damages claim over what she rated as a bad performance by superstar Rudolph Nureyev . |
| 26 | Labour yesterday demanded publication of the report , which warns that British industry is in a lamentable state and will take decades before being fit enough to compete internationally . |
| 27 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 28 | LABOUR yesterday claimed funding for Durham Training and Enterprise Centre would be cut by almost £1m from next month . |
| 29 | THE draw for the last sixteen of the FA Trophy yesterday threw up a battle of the Irish . |
| 30 | NASHWAN 'S owner and trainer yesterday decided against the only course of action that could have restored the reputation of their Derby winner as one of the outstanding racehorses of the post-war era by opting to by-pass the richest and usually most competitive race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . |