Example sentences of "have [been] surprised at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The participants from Eastern Europe may well have been surprised at how lightly their Western counterparts were ready to sacrifice the traditions of the great east Berlin museums . |
| 2 | Flaubert would hardly have been surprised at the lazy rush to understand . |
| 3 | The painters themselves , despite the highly organized aspect of the demonstration , appear to have been surprised at the sensation caused by their works and at the sudden notoriety which they acquired overnight . |
| 4 | When , quite soon after the funeral , seeing how calm she was , he had imagined that possibility he had been surprised at his reluctance to believe it . |
| 5 | He had been surprised at Sam 's willingness to stay , and had even felt a flicker of jealousy when he had flopped contentedly down in the grass beside the boy 's feet . |
| 6 | He had been surprised at how big she was , but she was absolutely fantastic . |
| 7 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 8 | Sarah had been surprised at Mrs Fitzgerald 's calmness but Anne told her that her mother and Maureen spent every possible moment in church and it seemed to comfort them . |
| 9 | I asked if , in re-reading King 's works for his project , she had been surprised at what she had found . |
| 10 | He had been surprised at the speed of Grant 's reaction and had received a painful , though superficial flesh wound in his left thigh from the knife thrust . |
| 11 | The group resent any excess and many people have been surprised at their loyalty to Hallin . |
| 12 | The source added : ‘ We have been surprised at the level of interest from the banks . ’ |
| 13 | In my experience as an inspector I have been surprised at the frequency with which there are no or inadequate schemes of work within secondary school departments , with the effect that there is either repetition between the years , or gaps and discontinuities . |