Example sentences of "i be surprised [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I AM surprised to see that the England Colts selectors have included A. Jackson in the squad of 25 and also on training weekends , while at the present he is banned from playing for stamping . |
| 2 | Now , I 'm surprised to learn that you do n't know the answer . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised to learn that you still believe me to be in possession of my cherry , or however you 'd phrase it . |
| 4 | Roper said : ‘ Good luck , old boy , ’ and I was surprised to see that he meant it . |
| 5 | I was surprised to see that the recording venue was good old Abbey Road Studios : there is such a prominent background rumble that I had assumed it must have been some city church . |
| 6 | Sir , I was surprised to see that Ian Norrie , in his fairly exhaustive trawl through the bookshops of Edinburgh ( 26th March ) , had omitted Britain 's second only gay bookshop , West & Wilde . |
| 7 | I was surprised to see that you used the colonial mis-spelling ‘ Mururoa ’ instead of ‘ Moruroa ’ to name the Polynesian atoll devastated by French nuclear testing ( Facts NI 186 ) . |
| 8 | AFTER seeing your article ( Echo February 20 ) about the proposed Darlington cross-town route , I was surprised to see that councillors have agreed to a bridleway between Haughton Road and McMullen Road . |
| 9 | I was surprised to see that you applied the term , ‘ The real McCoy ’ to a picture ( 15 March ) of the village of Pennan , Aberdeenshire , and not the original native term , ‘ The real Mackay ’ . |
| 10 | I was surprised to hear that their involvement would end with her death . |
| 11 | ‘ I was surprised to hear that he was married but I wanted a change of surroundings so I packed my few belongings and went with him there and then . |
| 12 | Whilst remembering the old days I was surprised to hear that ran in the family as his wife 's father had worked for the Company at the turn of the century . |
| 13 | If I was surprised to hear that Lloyd had a stockbroker , Patterson was dumbfounded . |
| 14 | AFTER READING Jon Wilde 's espousal of marital bliss ( ‘ Modern Times ’ ) in your June issue , I was surprised to discover that he is not above indulging in a masturbatory fantasy over our beloved future queen in the self same issue ! |
| 15 | ‘ Having mot attended a BA conference since Eastbourne 1987 , ’ Mr Giles said , ‘ I was surprised to discover that the conference was somewhat inward-looking , and that so little was said about the consumer , on whom our wages depend . |
| 16 | I was surprised to find that hospitals appear to have standard forms of refusal to accept a blood transfusion and was dismayed at the layout of the form used in this case . |
| 17 | ‘ It may seem strange , ’ I agreed , ‘ but you see , I was surprised to find that in this country the Houys are the sensitive and intelligent creatures . |
| 18 | But I was surprised to find that Bessie did not scold me at all . |
| 19 | I was surprised to find that Mr Summerfield had known the first Station Master of Bishop 's Castle , Elisha Edwin Owen — it was a thrill to speak to someone who had received first-hand memories of the start of the Railway . |
| 20 | I was surprised to find that she had such a rich and violent internal life and that all this was smouldering and seething away . |
| 21 | When I first saw her again I was surprised to find that I was now a little taller than Daphne but that she had lost almost as much weight as I had . |
| 22 | I WAS surprised to read that Terry Charman of the Imperial War Museum gave credence to the myth that the loss of life during one of the Slapton Sands invasion rehearsals had been ‘ kept quiet for 40 years ’ . |
| 23 | I WAS surprised to read that the Duchess of York 's favourite biscuits are lemon puffs . |
| 24 | I was surprised to learn that my claim could not be backdated , but I wrote those first three weeks ' money off to inexperience . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I was surprised to learn that you were staying there again by yourself . ’ |