Example sentences of "to [noun] yesterday " in BNC.
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| 1 | The management intend he will remain with the party , though obviously the lengthy bus journey to Nadi yesterday as the prelude to a three-and-a-half hour flight to Sydney today , could have a detrimental effect . |
| 2 | SHARES of LEP , the freight-forwarding and security monitoring company , were marked down 15p to 150p yesterday when its half-time figures failed to meet some market expectations . |
| 3 | FOUR top Russian athletes were ordered to return to Moscow yesterday after Swedish customs officials found illegal substances in the team coach 's luggage . |
| 4 | Shares in Grampian , which recently failed in its bid for chemist group Macarthy , fell 9 to 163p yesterday after it announced a 15 p.c. drop in pre-tax profit to £11.2m in a tough year for its retail and sports goods activities . |
| 5 | FRANCE is to suspend nuclear tests at its South Pacific atoll site , Mururoa , this year , M Pierre Beregovoy , Prime Minister , said in his inaugural speech to parliament yesterday . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Cyprus came from a goal down at home to Czechoslovakia yesterday to grab a 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group IV qualifier . |
| 7 | talking of rejects I was I was conned into going down to Stoke yesterday to look at the Portmeirion seconds shop . |
| 8 | Shares in STC , the communications group , shot down 13p to 329p yesterday after chief executive Arthur Walsh unloaded 500,000 shares , almost half his personal holding . |
| 9 | In a document sent to shareholders yesterday , Owners claims Airtours ' profits could have been inflated by more than £2 million last year by pushing flight costs into the current year . |
| 10 | A three-man delegation from Bayern Munich — the team coach , Erich Ribbeck , general manager , Uli Hoeness , and club vice president , Karl Heinz Rummenigge — travelled back to Germany yesterday after watching Ferguson and having received further information from the last Scot to have played for them , Allan McInally . |
| 11 | Profits should rise from £2.09m to £2.5m in the year to May 1990 , rating the shares , down 1p to 242p yesterday , on a modest earnings multiple of around eight times . |
| 12 | Shares in mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc rose fivepence to 379p yesterday after the company said that subscriber figures for April gave the company its best month in three years for connections to its network , with net new connections standing at 18,766 ; for the first time since LowCall was launched in October , net new connections to the business base exceeded net new LowCall connections . |
| 13 | SHARES in HSBC Holdings , parent of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , firmed 7p to 602p yesterday after it revealed profits had nearly doubled last year . |
| 14 | His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ I had to go up to Clapton yesterday and haggle with Antinou for hours over that bloody Egyptian cotton . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 17 | ‘ The offer was faxed to Rock yesterday , ’ said Kathy Duva , whose husband , Dan , is the head of Main Events , the promoter for Lewis and Holyfield . |
| 18 | ENGLAND manager Keith Fletcher made a wasted trip to Basingstoke yesterday to watch Hampshire 's David Gower who was ruled out of the championship match against Kent by a cracked rib . |
| 19 | This sprang to mind yesterday upon hearing of Vermont Harmony . |
| 20 | As a group I mean the other thing that surprised me a bit , I , I spoke to Ken yesterday and said , how did you receive ? |
| 21 | Swraj Paul 's Caparo Automotive group raised its cash offer for Armstrong Equipment to 185p yesterday , valuing the fasteners manufacturer at £98million , and promptly increased its holding to 46.7 per cent . |
| 22 | UN flies bodies home THE BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen were flown home to Pakistan yesterday as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days ’ . |
| 23 | A STRONG warning was given to Pakistan yesterday as India demanded the return of six members of an alleged gangster family wanted in connection with bomb attacks in Bombay that left 250 people dead . |
| 24 | MIRROR Group shares rose 1p to 64p yesterday on the back of rocketing sales . |
| 25 | That 's despite a drop of one sixth in its half- yearly profits to £70m yesterday . |
| 26 | During a visit to Spain yesterday , the Prime Minister declared he will not allow the French to stop the deal being ratified at the EC 's Edinburgh summit later this month . |
| 27 | During a visit to Spain yesterday , Mr Major said : ‘ I do not anticipate us failing to agree . |
| 28 | Andrew 's father flew to Spain yesterday to collect his son . |
| 29 | The BBC head of drama services , Peter Cregeen , flew to Spain yesterday afternoon to break the news . |
| 30 | The BBC head of drama services , Peter Cregeen , flew to Spain yesterday afternoon to break the news . |