Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] surprised [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 2 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 3 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 4 | I was therefore surprised to see that he excluded his own name from the list . |
| 5 | I was really surprised to see that the Innovation System worked . |
| 6 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 7 | I was merely surprised to note that someone who professes to take such a high moral stance should be cavorting freely with a married woman . |
| 8 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 9 | When I came in early on the Saturday morning , I was very surprised to find that Mr Jimmy Mackenzie — patrolman — had washed all the glasses for me — unasked . |