Example sentences of "yesterday when [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union officials caused an outcry yesterday when they produced a document claimed to be a national British Rail hit list of lines which would close under privatisation . |
| 2 | Princes William and Harry continued their Christmas break at Sandringham without their mother yesterday when they attended a carol service with the rest of the Royal Family at a nearby church . |
| 3 | GUNMEN killed an Irish nurse yesterday when they attacked a convoy taking her to a new assignment in Baidoa , a Somali towns at the centre of the famine region . |
| 4 | A HUGE arsenal of weapons was seized by police yesterday when they smashed a nationwide ‘ crooks ’ co-op ’ . |
| 5 | ALISON Streeter , 28 , of Dover , set a new women 's world record yesterday when she braved a thunderstorm to complete her 20th Channel swim . |
| 6 | PRINCESS Diana came as close as she could to commenting on her marriage break-up yesterday when she made a public vow to continue working for her charities . |
| 7 | THE Princess of Wales was compared to a Hindu goddess by Nepalis yesterday when she visited a hospital and made a point of touching leprosy victims . |
| 8 | SCOTS comedian Robbie Coltrane , 42 , was taken by surprise yesterday when he became a father for the first time . |
| 9 | NEW Employment Secretary David Hunt turned the spotlight on training yesterday when he visited a number of sites in Cheshire and Merseyside . |
| 10 | Chris Law 's last-minute attempt to win a place in the British Olympic team briefly flickered to life yesterday when he won a Soling race in the French Olympic Classes Regatta at Hyeres , finishing in front of Lawrie Smith , writes David Pelly . |
| 11 | MIDLAND Bank chief executive Brian Pearse noted a glimmer of recovery yesterday when he unveiled a rise in pre-tax profits to £178 million . |
| 12 | PRINCE Charles put the royal blues behind him yesterday when he did a spell of hard time . |
| 13 | There were 30,000 tuberculosis beds in this country before the war , but we do not need TB beds now ; we need day surgery and intensive care facilities , such as those that I opened yesterday when I visited a hospital in the constituency of the hon. Member for Peckham ( Ms. Harman ) . |
| 14 | THE Darlington Building Society maintained the North-East trend among building societies yesterday when it announced a rise in profits by more than 30pc . |