"And then to explain, 'Well, this is a new fiddle,' and to see their astonishment, makes me wonder why people assume you cannot build a fiddle now.
She poured out her prodigal affection in kisses and caresses, and in a vocabulary of endearments whose profusion was always an astonishment to me.
Then, to my astonishment, he walked me to the metro station outside, bought me a token to pass through the barriers and went with me - well out of his way - two stops down the line to the right station.
To my astonishment, one rejected me on the grounds of being overly personable.
To my astonishment, she scolded me for not being aggressive enough in my driving!
"People begin to believe in a plot, to model conspiracy theories, when they are staggered, literally staggered, clobbered by astonishment," he told me.
Mahmadou, who came from southern Mali and who had rarely visited Dogon country, stared in astonishment, and asked me to take his photograph beside a skull.
Chuck owned a lovely home in Sausalito, and to my total astonishment, he made me joint tenant with him.
To my astonishment he told me he had received instructions to close CSS by the following month, and that only four staff were to be retained (out of 12.6 positions) to deliver the programmes that would be relocated.
With the same self-deprecation and a tone of "how did this happen to me" astonishment, "This Time Together" recounts Ms. Burnett's ascent from usherette and hat-check girl to "Once Upon a Mattress," her 1959 musical comedy breakthrough; her supporting role on television's "Garry Moore Show"; her CBS series; and beyond.
