Example sentences of "surprised me by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One surprised me by mimicking the bubbling call of a curlew . |
| 2 | But David surprised me by saying , ‘ OK , now we 've got that out of the way , let's go and do the rest of the album ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 4 | Chang surprised me by winning the French Open so soon . ’ |
| 5 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |