Sentence examples for i received a telegram from inspiring English sources

"After the election, I received a telegram from Egypt, from Anwar el-Sadat.

I received a telegram (no mobile phones or e-mails in those days) from the Chief Whip.

Such common sentiments irked me greatly and it was with some relief that I received a telegram from Sebastian.

(Or, if like me, you find the Penguin translation a little easier: "My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I received a telegram from the old people's home: 'Mother deceased. Funeral tomrrow. Very sincerely yours.' That doesn't mean anything. It might have been yesterday").

I wrote and asked my mother for more, and I received a telegram from her sending me my train fare and telling me to come home at once, which I did, whereupon she told me that she and my father were in financial difficulties to the point they had had to sell our house and were now renting it by the month from the new owner.

One Friday night I received a telegram from him.

I received a Six Nations winner's medal but I was worried it was all over.

I received a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, a work-study grant and the first in a series of college loans.

I received a HM Revenue & Customs press release the other day outlining acceptable reasons for failing to file your return online.

I had been a political reporter, covering state government in New York from Albany, before I received a Ford Foundation fellowship for journalists to attend Yale Law School for a year.

After this, I received a Rotary Foundation Scholarship to study in a country where I had not previously studied.