Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the news " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 2 | It was a warm , sunny june day in Fontanellato and I was riding out into the country on my bicycle when another cyclist gave me the news . |
| 3 | She told me how she wrote several letters to her home complaining of the punishment she was given and begging to be taken away but she received no reply until one day her brother paid her a visit and gave her the news that their parents were both dead . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 6 | Kay Evans also gave us the news that Kay Latto has re-married — and is now Mrs. Dan Maskell . |
| 7 | We were chatting away when nurse gave us the news that George VI had died , everything went quiet , we forgot our worries and thought of Elizabeth . |