adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a surprised/shocked expression
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He didn’t need to speak – his shocked expression said it all.
surprised to learn
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She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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He was always surprised to discover that other people didn't feel this way about him.
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He was always surprised by joy, always surprised by disgust, always bewildered by the swing between the two.
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One is always surprised by snow.
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They were always surprised in the morning when they saw what I had done.
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They are always surprised , however, that Rover never seems to learn, whatever tactics they employ.
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He was always surprised that Morenz seemed to take so few holidays.
as
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She was as surprised as anyone when he looked elsewhere.
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He was almost as surprised as she was.
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She was as surprised as he was, and went off to look for some servants.
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Mr Edgar was as surprised as I was, but welcomed Heathcliff as politely as he could.
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Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 percent of national production by 1997.
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The follow-up often fails because you are just as surprised at its success as your opponent!
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For a moment she seemed as surprised as I was.
mildly
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He looked up and she was mildly surprised to see that he had a youthful Middle Eastern complexion.
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Lambert felt mildly surprised that he had arrived.
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I walked cautiously towards the body, and noticed that her face looked mildly surprised .
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The driver glanced over and seemed only mildly surprised to see them.
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The house appears mildly surprised but always dignified.
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Polly seems mildly surprised that there aren't any men singing similar lyrics to hers.
more
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The only person more surprised than me was Ken, who just had to follow along as best he could.
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I think he was even more surprised to see me than I was to see him.
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And no-one was more surprised than Emily herself.
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When I came to read the letter, I was even more surprised .
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Nobody was more surprised than Neeld when his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million, mostly in cash.
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No one was more surprised when Jim Gardiner opened the scoring just after the half-hour than Jim himself.
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I am more surprised by how few mistakes writers make.
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When the motion passed by one vote, no one was more surprised than the government's opponents.
pleasantly
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Business has been pleasantly surprised on many occasions by the quality of school work.
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Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity.
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If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you.
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Pick a spell of dry weather and travel light: you could be pleasantly surprised .
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Don't expect anything, and you may be pleasantly surprised - that's my philosophy.
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The society's committee were pleasantly surprised at the size of the field of compassion.
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We were more than pleasantly surprised at the result - a pleasant mixture of practical equipment choice and money saving tips.
quite
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Folly was quite surprised to find she had no fears on that score.
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Male speaker I was quite surprised about how they get dressed.
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He was quite surprised for a minute, but didn't put up too much of a fuss.
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He was quite surprised to find Roz Hatch in the room with him.
rather
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I was rather surprised , never having realised what a source of danger children can be.
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She was rather surprised that she remembered them so clearly.
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I was rather surprised that he was asking me these questions.
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The nature of this talk rather surprised me.
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He seemed rather surprised and told me it was painful, but gave in.
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When they came I was rather surprised that there seemed to be so many.
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The horse was rather surprised , and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up.
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What happened rather surprised the research department when the concept was tested with a potential user group.
really
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Ice skating was great fun and fairly easy to learn which really surprised me.
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I wasn't really surprised when you jumped into the car like that, you know.
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No one was really surprised when news first broke last January of his voluntary admission to a drugs rehabilitation unit.
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Alice was not really surprised at this, because so many strange things were happening today.
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No one was really surprised when he checked out a week later after an argument about drinking beer in his room.
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He is really surprised that some people left the Lake District disgusted by the rainy weather.
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Only once did he seem really surprised .
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I was really surprised to see that the Innovation System worked.
so
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I was so surprised to see Ken, so relieved, that I rushed over and gave him a kiss.
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Why do you look so surprised , cara?
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The kiss was so brief, and he was so surprised , that he had no chance to respond.
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I was so surprised , I stopped the orchestra and went over to him.
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I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word.
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He was so surprised that he stopped and looked at her.
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I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.
somewhat
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Being somewhat surprised by this, I tried again, using the 550C Windows driver, but with the DeskJet Portable connected.
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Reznor was not aware of it, however, and was somewhat surprised to find nasty things going bump in the night.
too
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Perhaps we should not be too surprised when we find ourselves in the new world of quality primary care.
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They looked up, a touch too surprised .
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He went inside the building and was not too surprised when the bell rang as he was making coffee.
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Maggie was too surprised , too taken aback to resist him.
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For some reason, I wasn't too surprised to see it was Gary Smart.
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No one should be too surprised at these clashes.
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Don't look too surprised if you see an experienced bookseller sniffing an old book of very good appearance.
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They did not answer at once; they were too surprised .
very
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Adam would be very surprised to see him.
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I have, on occasions, seen very , very, very surprised people.
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The two children were very surprised .
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The horse stopped when he saw me, and seemed very surprised .
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I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar.
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Michael: Were you very surprised when you yourself won your Oscars?
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Combine driver Rob Greaves was very surprised that moisture content for this time of the year was only 13.5%.
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As for Tom, everyone was very surprised to see him, for he rarely visited anyone.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
color me surprised/confused/embarrassed etc
surprised/angry/pleased etc isn't the word for it
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Carrie looked surprised . "I didn't expect to see you here!"
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His exam results were great - we were all very pleasantly surprised .
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I'm really surprised that he remembered my birthday.
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I was really surprised when I passed my driving test first time.
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I was so surprised when I saw you walk in!
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Julia seemed a little surprised by my question.
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We couldn't help laughing at the children's surprised faces.
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We were surprised to see Drew's picture in the newspaper.
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When I saw him again, I was surprised at how much older he looked.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Erika was surprised to find that she was beginning to like Bach.
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I am surprised that you should publish an article on the Tay floods with a meaningless figure.
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I was surprised as I knew Len usually drove his own car to work.
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Now that he came to think of it, Edward was surprised this point had never cropped up before.
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She was surprised that Colonel Scott Wilson wore a dinner jacket.
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Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 percent of national production by 1997.
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The player was surprised over his dismissal.
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The two children were very surprised .