Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] surprised [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They chose to concentrate on Somerville and were surprised but satisfied to find almost too many activities to report . |
| 2 | We had anticipated that children would want ‘ chips with everything ’ and were surprised that their concern focussed on food not being warm enough , queues and size of helpings . |
| 3 | On Thursday we gave our first lecture to a wider audience , and were surprised that more than a hundred turned up . |
| 4 | They almost forgot the paper-chase , and were surprised when a voice said , ‘ Let me pass , please . ’ |
| 5 | Nessie began to lift off the larger embers and was surprised that the heap of ashes was so high . |
| 6 | It was half way through , and she could not understand a word of the dialogue and was surprised and rather indignant that she could not understand , for she had genuinely looked forward , with half of herself , to seeing a picture : as it was , she found herself obliged to concentrate on the other aspects of the affair . |
| 7 | When she cried in the first therapeutic session , he could not move over to comfort her and was surprised when the therapist drew attention to this strong communication which he had ignored . |
| 8 | A skylight above the street door was closed and out of reach , but I tried to reach it anyway and was surprised when my fingers touched the ledge . |
| 9 | She instructed him to wash her , and was surprised when he soaped her as gently as if she was a baby . |
| 10 | She turned at the sound of footsteps , expecting to see Martin , and was surprised when James Morris strode unannounced into her living-room . |
| 11 | Lydia imagined this to be a joke and was surprised when April concurred . |
| 12 | ‘ Shall I get the doctor to come and see you ? ’ she asked , and was surprised when Betty said she thought it might be a good idea . |
| 13 | Fenella had expected the silver door to feel cool and silvery and solid and was surprised when it actually felt extremely hot . |
| 14 | She said nothing and was surprised when Ana continued with no prompting at all . |
| 15 | According to some commentators , Aoun seriously miscalculated the LF 's level of preparedness , and was surprised when Geaga 's forces counterattacked and overran numerous Army installations in the LF-controlled northern provinces of Jbeil and Kesrouan . |
| 16 | Haslam had hoped to recruit them to management , but was surprised and disappointed in their industrial action , and in March 1988 , British Coal trained 100 members of the United Democratic Mineworkers to do NACOD jobs , alarmed by the militancy of NACOD . |