Example sentences of "[coord] be [adv] surprised that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose we just took it that he would , and were n't surprised that he made a pretence of being unconcerned and going his own way about it . |
| 2 | Hunter , Joyce , and Redruth were told what was happening , and were less surprised that we expected them to be . |
| 3 | My brother just dislikes the taste of meat and is faintly surprised that other people do not . |
| 4 | She always had so many places to go and so many people who wanted to see her that he felt cruelly his own stolid boringness , and was not surprised that she did not spend more time with him . |
| 5 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |
| 6 | She checks them out carefully through face-to-face interviews and obtains references , but is still surprised that so few customers ask her any questions about her sitters . |