Example sentences of "[vb past] him the news " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |
| 2 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 3 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 4 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 5 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 6 | In fact , he was fishing on a fiord nearby at the precise moment when his detective brought him the news that Lord Mountbatten had been killed . |
| 7 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |