Example sentences of "[det] [be] news to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs C writes that ballet dancers ‘ box their stomachs and rears with their hands before dancing ’ — this is news to me . |
| 2 | This is news to me ; the widespread cattle mutilations across the American midwest in the past two decades are variously blamed on cultists , aliens or government experimentation , but , as far as I am aware , no actual proof has ever been found to back up any one of these hypotheses . |
| 3 | I must say that all this was news to me , but then Nigel never voluntarily discussed his work at home . |
| 4 | This was news to me . |
| 5 | This was news to me , although I knew Graham Fearnley , who was Jack Mason 's agent and looked after quite a big stable of European golfers . |
| 6 | All this was news to Rance , for although Burma was not formally independent he had been excluded from decision making since the Attlee — Aung San Agreement had transferred virtually all power to the Council , functioning as a Cabinet . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been silent ’ ( this was news to the Lionisers ) ‘ but my lips shall be sealed no longer . |
| 8 | ‘ Trying to trip me up ? ’ queried Leith , giving no inkling that this was news to her . |
| 9 | ‘ So it 'll all be news to him , will it ? ’ |
| 10 | That 's news to me . |
| 11 | That was news to Nutty , as Nails was perennially skint and starving . |