Example sentences of "i was [adv] surprised [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is why I was pretty surprised when he excavated Gillian . |
| 2 | I was therefore surprised when I heard the hospital on the radio today saying that this case was a very isolated incident . ’ |
| 3 | I was as surprised as he was at what time had revealed but I did not join in when his boyish enthusiasm took hold . |
| 4 | I was as surprised as you , but Ray Plummer wants you in on it . ’ |
| 5 | I was as surprised as anyone when the referee turned down the goal . |
| 6 | Hiya darling , hiya no I was really surprised cos he has n't been drinking his juice , and that went down |
| 7 | And so I was extremely surprised when no more than weeks later Émile telephoned Jean-Claude and proposed to him the idea that he should take up an appointment as composer-in-residence at an American university . |
| 8 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
| 9 | I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar . |
| 10 | I was very surprised when , following a phosphate surge in my tapwater , I used a phosphate-removing compound in my filter . |
| 11 | He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second . |
| 12 | I I was very surprised when I came in , it 's enormous is n't it ? |
| 13 | It was just routine procedure , playing percentages , and I was very surprised when I heard that the proposal had been rejected . |
| 14 | I was very surprised when I discovered what he was ringing about . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So I was very surprised when Ken Lee phoned me . |