Example sentences of "[coord] was [adv] surprised [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening to the conversation in which Midnight had no part , she felt a sudden pity for him which increased the sense of gratitude already there , and was slightly surprised when the foppish Randall asked him a direct question : |
| 2 | The author of the Saturday article thought that the chances of the four schemes being selected for detailed examination were very remote and was probably surprised when the judges awarded prizes to all four , albeit rather low prizes . |
| 3 | She thought she was ugly and monstrously fat , and was always surprised and cynical when boys/men talked to her . |
| 4 | Mark ran to the one and only cottage with the light and was as surprised as his aunt when she opened the door . |
| 5 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |