Example sentences of "surprised [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 The most admired new design was Chris Benedict 's 405 , so few can have been surprised that it was one of the RYA 's two finalists .
2 Kirov appeared a little surprised that it had all gone so smoothly .
3 In reflecting on the day , after Joy and Alan had gone home , I was surprised that it had seemed so unfrightening .
4 Or are we perhaps just a little surprised that it should take so little to set nation against nation .
5 If we allow that the analogy does not provide a useful general descriptive or explanatory account of the growth of knowledge , we may be surprised that it was found plausible at all .
6 Probably the most interesting object is the open cluster NGC 2244 , round the star 12 Monocerotis ( 5.8 ) ; it is quite easy to locate with binoculars , and I am rather surprised that it is not included in the Messier list .
7 You mentioned er , earlier about yo , the fact that you were surprised that it was fifteen year olds , and that was quite young
8 I 'm rather surprised that it 's , we 're
9 Huy was surprised that it was not more unpleasant .
10 Whilst welcoming the recommendation that the defence has an enforceable right of access to forensic material held by the prosecution , the Law Society is concerned and surprised that it is not proposed that this will extend to unused material generally .
11 ‘ George Neill pushed Gary Quinn inside the box and I was surprised that it was n't given .
12 Yeah I just I guess I had hoped to be pleasantly surprised that it was n't rhetoric
13 I was surprised that it was me and not the other way round .
14 He said : ‘ When I told the nurses , they did n't seem too surprised and it was as if such a mix-up was not uncommon .
15 I would be surprised if it was n't still possible to go through ten years of education with only the faintest idea of what has been happening in the world , even your own country .
16 ‘ I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said .
17 ‘ I would be surprised if it does n't test 2,200 , ’ says Mr Tora , a view shared by others .
18 Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer .
19 But you would still not be surprised if it ended its useful life after ten years or so of daily use .
20 But however heated the protagonists may become about whether proto-oncogene activation entails qualitative or quantitative changes , no one on the outside will be very surprised if it turns out both are right .
21 Korg 's A2 Performance Signal Processor has impressed everyone here , and I 'd be surprised if it 's not destined to be the one that others are judged by .
22 My problem , therefore , would perhaps appear to lie with my speakers , but the G-K cost a fortune so I would be surprised if it were at fault .
23 He would n't be surprised if it was a KGB plot to uncover his sleepers , to trace Western intelligence in the Soviet Union .
24 However , he would n't be surprised if it was announced at DECUS in Cannes in September and first shipments came right after the first of the year .
25 But in the evening , under the dark , the gulleys ceased to drip , the pudding took a crust , and everyone was saying , " Should n't be surprised if it snowed again . "
26 She 'd be surprised if it was n't applied to her rump in the very near future .
27 He would have been surprised if it had been otherwise .
28 Symphony is such an old program that I 'd be surprised if it has any bugs in it .
29 We would not be surprised if it was concluded that a more thorough-going reform is required than that assumed in Threshold 21 .
30 I would n't be at all surprised if it were too much to get finished in one day — which would mean that she 'd have to stay overnight . ’
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