Example sentences of "[noun] yesterday over " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN THEIR home and away strips , shell suits and trainers , more than 1,000 budding footballers gave Dundee District Council the red card yesterday over plans to raise the cost of hiring pitches and dressing rooms , writes James Rougvie . |
| 2 | COVENTRY CITY managing director George Curtis was at the centre of a boardroom bust-up yesterday over his ‘ staggering ’ £163,000 annual income . |
| 3 | ACTOR John Thaw was in a defiant mood yesterday over plummeting viewing figures for his new TV show as he collected an honour from Buckingham Palace . |
| 4 | LEADING Tory John Gummer quit the Church of England yesterday over its move to bring in women priests . |
| 5 | Deputy Foreign Minister Tristan Garel Jones protested to Iraqi envoy Zuhair Ibrahim yesterday over the sentence . |
| 6 | JERRY BROWN ran into trouble in the New York Democratic primary yesterday over his choice of the Rev Jesse Jackson as his vice-presidential running mate . |
| 7 | TWO ESSEX MPs clashed in the Commons yesterday over the likely impact on the south of the county of the proposed high speed Channel Tunnel rail link . |
| 8 | No doubt he will be giving the point more thought after being assailed in the Commons yesterday over the behaviour of his Northern Ireland minister , Michael Mates . |
| 9 | DEFIANT Greenpeace demonstrators staged nationwide protests yesterday over the dumping of toxic waste into rivers by major British firms . |
| 10 | THE GEMS dealer turned fraudster , Darius Guppy , the best man to the Princess of Wales 's brother , Earl Spencer , was jailed for five years yesterday over a bogus robbery and false insurance claim . |
| 11 | EX-BOXER Danny McAlinden , 44 , got a suspended nine months ' jail yesterday over a pub brawl at Walworth , south London . |
| 12 | THE Consumers ’ Association was holding an urgent meeting yesterday over British Airways ' £35m take-over of debt-ridden Gatwick airline Dan-Air . |
| 13 | THE Manchester United footballer Viv Anderson was given a public apology and undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story in the Daily Star concerning a post-match clash between Anderson and the Wimbledon player John Fashanu . |
| 14 | ALISTAIR Bell , whose wife was found murdered in a sports centre car park , won undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story linking him with her death . |
| 15 | SIS accepted ‘ substantial ’ libel damages in the High Court yesterday over the Channel 4 programme ‘ Against The Odds ’ shown in December 1990 , which claimed the company was involved in a conspiracy with major bookmakers to manipulate starting prices . |
| 16 | MPs PROTESTED to Government law officers yesterday over jail sentences on two vigilantes who kidnapped and threatened a youth suspected of being involved in thefts . |
| 17 | TOP builder Wimpey was fined £4,000 yesterday over the death of a worker who fell more than 70ft to his death . |
| 18 | MACEDONIA 'S parliament was locked in a bitter debate yesterday over demands that the republic accept a temporary name to allow its admission to the United Nations . |
| 19 | ESTHER Rantzen 's That 's Life show was rapped by TV watchdogs yesterday over a sketch showing a ‘ blind ’ man falling over a wall . |
| 20 | Gould received an official apology from West Midlands police yesterday over their part in the decision to force him to stay away from the Cup replay , but he may still take legal action . |
| 21 | Mr Scargill met British Coal officials in London yesterday over the disputed consultation procedures for closing the ten pits where production has already stopped . |
| 22 | TWO North-East councillors came face to face in court for the first time yesterday over allegations that they assaulted each other . |
| 23 | JAMES Robinson , one of the men jailed for life for the 1978 murder of the newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater , began a rooftop protest yesterday over the Home Secretary 's refusal to refer their case to the Court of Appeal . |
| 24 | Scottish Militant Labour also rounded on the Scottish Labour Party yesterday over the issue of water privatisation . |
| 25 | FURY erupted in a border town in the Republic yesterday over a sentence imposed on a hit-and-run driver from Ulster who left a young Gaelic footballer dying on a country road . |