Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] surprise i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 2 | ‘ Not less than ten thousand pounds a year I 'd guess … canny old fool in command … would not surprise me if … but convinced can succeed … patience and patience is all … please keep up your letters to Colonel the Honourable A. A. Hope , M.P . ’ |
| 3 | Personally I am not alarmed and , unless they are upset by their own extremists , it would not surprise me were they to remain in office for some time , during which they may do considerable good . |
| 4 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 5 | This is usual for the first week after a strike but it would not surprise me if things began to happen later in the week . |
| 6 | It would n't surprise me at all if on my next visit to Sweden all the pedestrians were wearing miners ' lamps . |
| 7 | If Madonna emerged as a classy lady it would n't surprise me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It would n't surprise me , ’ Masha said , ‘ if Likud carried out the massacre . ’ |
| 9 | He stopped growing years ago , unless he 's growing a beer belly , which would n't surprise me . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And it would n't surprise me if you won Best Actress , Jo . |
| 11 | Peter took it all quietly , of course , and it would n't surprise me if , when all the fuss had died down , he went back to his hotel and did a bit of painting . |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't surprise me , ’ agreed another . |
| 13 | It would n't surprise me to learn that the original Venetian audience ate , drank , gossiped and gambled its way through that first performance . |
| 14 | It would n't surprise me . |
| 15 | It would n't surprise me to hear it was locally referred to as the sugar sifter ( a metaphor at last ! ) , one of those useless gadgets dispensing too little or too much in cheap cafés . |
| 16 | This path then is also known and in terms of accurate work , they also know the temperature now I 'm not sure if there 's a temperature effect on rotation , but it would n't surprise me if there was . |
| 17 | Would n't surprise me if we 've had the best of the day . |
| 18 | ‘ Would n't surprise me if he marries the old boy 's daughter , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 19 | It would n't surprise me is some of the people who come to these continuing education courses , of which there is an ever-growing and more exciting list , were existing alumni . |
| 20 | So er But it would n't surprise me if some sort of medical report on how you are does n't reach court . |
| 21 | ‘ It would n't surprise me . |
| 22 | I hope they do n't call another in a fortnight , but it would n't surprise me in the least . |
| 23 | It would n't surprise me to hear you 'd planned this all along . |
| 24 | ‘ Let's just say I 'm about as helpful as you are practical — it would n't surprise me if you had n't just run out of petrol . ’ |
| 25 | I mean , it would n't surprise me in the least if , if you analyzed this dream you discovered it had nothing to do with being at school and nothing to do with taking exams . |
| 26 | It would n't surprise me either if I see headlines soon saying ‘ Deane is F***ing crap ’ , or ‘ Wilko 's F***ing Mad ’ . |
| 27 | It would n't surprise me now you know ! |
| 28 | It would n't surprise me at all . |
| 29 | That would n't surprise me at all , the things I 've seen them try to eat . |
| 30 | I know , would would n't surprise me either |