Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] surprised when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Care of the unfortunate was a general duty which people met with generosity and tenderness , and they were not surprised when the state did the same . |
| 2 | He was not surprised when the child answered in a high-pitched rebellious voice , ‘ No . |
| 3 | By the end of the day Harriet was not surprised when the girl went to bed early , pleading a headache which her mother did not think was entirely due to gin and tonic at ten thirty in the morning . |
| 4 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 5 | I was n't surprised when the supervisor of one new work centre said to me , ‘ Oh Barbara , it 's such a waste — such a waste of people . |
| 6 | I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar . |