Below you will find example sentences with "yesterday afternoon". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Yesterday Afternoon in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: yesterday
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 23.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "yesterday afternoon" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a statement yesterday afternoon police confirmed, and yesterday afternoon we fired, police, statement and year stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with friday afternoon, sunday afternoon, afternoon tea, yesterday evening, yesterday morning and reported yesterday, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with yesterday afternoon
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Joannides faced the Shepparton Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon and was granted bail. (12 words)
Before being found, Mason had last been seen yesterday afternoon (Friday, November 10). (13 words)
Lesley Lowther, from Ross-on-Wye, was reported missing yesterday afternoon (September 15). (13 words)
And yesterday afternoon, we fired off a podcast with John McEuen–he is the founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and he will be at Rams Head on the 21st– do give it a listen and grab some tickets. (40 words)
Not only does MaKenzie have a gold medal for her accomplishments in Canada, she told me on the phone yesterday afternoon she will be hiking up a glacier mountain later this year, and she has her own clothing line. (39 words)
As we did yesterday, we do not have all the details, but yesterday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police officers responded to an incident in the Woodland Beach community, involving a barricade situation on Midland Road. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
As we did yesterday, we do not have all the details, but yesterday afternoon, Anne Arundel County Police officers responded to an incident in the Woodland Beach community, involving a barricade situation on Midland Road.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan, in a brief statement yesterday, confirmed the attack and he said “stringent” efforts are being made to apprehend the three suspects, who remained on the lam up to yesterday afternoon….
Adjudicating officer Ewa Sobanska is now considering her decision in the matter after concluding the hearing of the case yesterday afternoon, and will deliver her decision in writing to the parties in due course.
And yesterday afternoon, we fired off a podcast with John McEuen–he is the founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and he will be at Rams Head on the 21st– do give it a listen and grab some tickets.
Avon and Somerset Police has issued a statement after a stabbing in Bristol on yesterday afternoon (October 21).
Before being found, Mason had last been seen yesterday afternoon (Friday, November 10).
Detectives from Knox Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team travelled to Cairns to escort the man back to Victoria yesterday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses described chaotic scenes as a brawl broke out beside the tram stop in the town centre yesterday afternoon (Thursday).
Gunston Middle School students returned to class today after a police investigation yesterday afternoon.
Holness expressed this sentiment during the opening ceremony of the new US$40-million Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters in Trelawny yesterday afternoon.
In a statement yesterday afternoon, police confirmed that the motorcyclist died at the scene, while the driver and sole occupant of the car had moderate injuries.
It comes after a man drowned at Narooma yesterday afternoon to bring the year-to-date drowning toll to 45 for NSW.
Joannides faced the Shepparton Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon and was granted bail.
Lesley Lowther, from Ross-on-Wye, was reported missing yesterday afternoon (September 15).
Liverpool got the job done yesterday afternoon courtesy of a narrow home win over Brentford, maintaining the pressure on Manchester United.
Not only does MaKenzie have a gold medal for her accomplishments in Canada, she told me on the phone yesterday afternoon she will be hiking up a glacier mountain later this year, and she has her own clothing line.
The 41-year-old appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, May 31).
The bishop refused to board the plane yesterday afternoon along with 222 other deportees, including four priests, who were flown to the U.S. in an agreement with the U.S. State Department.
The police spokesman said: “We received calls yesterday afternoon (Monday 10 April) about three horses that were seen loose on the A30 in Somerset.
There was a lot of flash flooding yesterday afternoon after the region was hit by storms.