Example sentences of "['s] surprise [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | To everyone 's surprise they now find this somewhat unusual repertoire much in demand , to such an extent indeed that it could be described as ‘ cult ’ . |
2 | A pack of Smarties is then opened and poured out when to everyone 's surprise they are all yellow as ‘ all the rest have been eaten . ’ |
3 | Then to everyone 's surprise they saw on the side of the track a little old man perhaps in his seventies , wearing an old-fashioned waistcoat and jacket , standing in a brick arch-shaped embrasure looking anxiously at the train . |
4 | To Moran 's surprise she was accepted for training by five hospitals . |
5 | Ana had no trouble with her mount ; to Maggie 's surprise she seemed to be an expert horsewoman and Mitch too seemed to take to the activity like a veteran . |
6 | To D'Arcy 's surprise it was Nadirpur who answered the entry phone , and again the man himself who came down to let them in . |
7 | To Teesdale 's surprise it was the number of the prison . |
8 | To Isobel 's surprise he went beetroot red , flushing from the collar of his shirt to the roots of his now receding hair . |
9 | Freddie was quiet for a few moments , then to Billy 's surprise he nodded . |
10 | And much to everyone 's surprise he won it . |
11 | And to Folly 's surprise he started to lead her towards the building . |