Example sentences of "[pron] was surprised [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER seeing your article ( Echo February 20 ) about the proposed Darlington cross-town route , I was surprised to see that councillors have agreed to a bridleway between Haughton Road and McMullen Road . |
| 2 | Sir , I was surprised to see that Ian Norrie , in his fairly exhaustive trawl through the bookshops of Edinburgh ( 26th March ) , had omitted Britain 's second only gay bookshop , West & Wilde . |
| 3 | If I was surprised to hear that Lloyd had a stockbroker , Patterson was dumbfounded . |
| 4 | But I was surprised to find that Bessie did not scold me at all . |
| 5 | I was surprised to find that Mr Summerfield had known the first Station Master of Bishop 's Castle , Elisha Edwin Owen — it was a thrill to speak to someone who had received first-hand memories of the start of the Railway . |
| 6 | I was surprised to find that hospitals appear to have standard forms of refusal to accept a blood transfusion and was dismayed at the layout of the form used in this case . |
| 7 | I WAS surprised to read that Terry Charman of the Imperial War Museum gave credence to the myth that the loss of life during one of the Slapton Sands invasion rehearsals had been ‘ kept quiet for 40 years ’ . |
| 8 | When she went down she was surprised to see that Luke was still in the dining-room , finishing his breakfast . |
| 9 | When Ricky began taking Jenny out she was surprised to learn that Minton paid him money and had taken him to the Caribbean . |
| 10 | Coun. David Lyonette ( Lab ) said he was surprised to find that bus diesel engines are thought to be major contributors towards town centre air pollution . |