Example sentences of "surprised to learn that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to learn that my claim could not be backdated , but I wrote those first three weeks ' money off to inexperience . |
| 2 | I was not surprised to learn that the shelling of our positions was not the German guns but the British guns ( the bastards ) . |
| 3 | Somehow you are not surprised to learn that Emecheta borrowed the goddess ' name , Ogwuguwu , for her publishing imprint . |
| 4 | No doubt the now dispossessed Kurds and the Shiites have been surprised to learn that they did something they should not have done in the interests of geopolitical reality . |
| 5 | You may be a little surprised to learn that we want you to weigh each day . |
| 6 | The Lippitts are surprised to learn that they are rich . |
| 7 | This is Brahms at his most radiant and affecting , music of such intimacy that one is not surprised to learn that its suitability for public performance was questioned . |
| 8 | No one who has ever contemplated sending a parcel by British Rail 's Red Star — minimum charge £23.50 for same-day delivery between stations , plus a lot more if you want door-to-door service — will be greatly surprised to learn that the operation is allegedly riddled with inefficiency , waste , and misdirection . |
| 9 | As they left he was surprised to learn that his colleague 's appreciation of the proceedings had not been entirely lecherous . |
| 10 | Logically expecting the last of the breed to be the best of the breed , I was surprised to learn that the Mooney ‘ is n't a patch ’ on the Aircoupe . |
| 11 | Already you might be surprised to learn that the car in question is the flagship of the company 's revised new 626 medium range line-up . |
| 12 | The Hull delegate to the National Conference of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children , in Nottingham in October , was surprised to learn that China is less than half as densely populated as the UK , despite the forcible abortion and sterilisation carried out on women in China and used as a means of genocide in Chinese-occupied Tibet . |
| 13 | Later she had been surprised to learn that he was n't in his late twenties as she had guessed , but almost a decade older , thirty-seven . |
| 14 | So you 'll be surprised to learn that the town 's tourist bosses are now taking urgent steps to control late-night noise . |
| 15 | When you reflect on all these amenities , you may not be entirely surprised to learn that we are the only Scottish hotel to be awarded the Royal Automobile Club 's prized Blue Ribbon award for superlative levels of excellence . |
| 16 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 17 | Anyone acquainted with the ethereal , blissed-out dance pop of Sunscreem 's two chart hits , ‘ Love U More ’ and ‘ Perfect Motion ’ , might be surprised to learn that live they are an adrenalin-soaked , all-singing , all-dancing , all flame-throwing event with the omnipresent thumping beat determinedly UP . |
| 18 | THOSE OF you who are old , sad , or obsessive enough to remember Social Distortion from their days as an early '80s San Francisco hardcore band might be surprised to learn that they now shift units by the truckload in America . |
| 19 | She had not been surprised to learn that the accountant Morris had been proved innocent of any crime and had pointed the finger at Spencer Grenfell . |
| 20 | People who challenge the assumption that much of what a house officer does could be done just as well by someone without a medical qualification may be surprised to learn that in Taunton and Cheltenham nurse practitioners are already working as house officers on two surgical firms ( box ) . |
| 21 | You may be surprised to learn that it can do . |
| 22 | Secondly , regarding the uniforms and insignia worn in the Gulf — readers will not be surprised to learn that a very wide variety is to be encountered , with many unit-level or even individual innovations . |
| 23 | You may be surprised to learn that it is taken from the book ‘ The Jews and Their Lies ’ by Dr. Martin Luther the great Protestant reformer . |
| 24 | I do n't think you will be surprised to learn that that in fact shows a very clear divergence between what was considered to be girls ' training and boys ' training and the most stark statistic was in relation to who was going into government training centres . |
| 25 | When Ricky began taking Jenny out she was surprised to learn that Minton paid him money and had taken him to the Caribbean . |
| 26 | Anyone who has listened to the incessant calling of cicadas or the chirping of crickets will not be surprised to learn that insects are sensitive to sound . |
| 27 | Now , I 'm surprised to learn that you do n't know the answer . |
| 28 | Those of you who know me well may be surprised to learn that I am not anti-referees . |
| 29 | I would n't be surprised to learn that many people do now smoke only a quarter of their cigarettes on the bed when worried , simply because they have seen it so often in films . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm surprised to learn that you still believe me to be in possession of my cherry , or however you 'd phrase it . |