Sentence examples for be astounded when they from inspiring English sources

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Police officers were said to be astounded when they spotted the plant.

At the same time, oddly, "he saw faces when there were no faces to see: genially, Magoo-like, when in the street he might pat the heads of water hydrants and parking meters, taking these to be heads of children; he would amiably address carved knobs on the furniture and be astounded when they did not reply".

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He said Burns officials were "astounded" when they found out that Mr. Abdi had had more than one jacket.

So I applied to the University of Sussex, and was astounded when they made me an offer based on the merit of my first year with the OU.

"People are astounded when they see there's this much open space in this part of New Jersey," said Cynthia Bruning, an agent with Weichert Realtors who has lived in East Amwell for 13 years.

That's going to be uncomfortable.'". 4. The cast is "astounded" when they film something that predicts real-life political events -- and it happens a lot.

Gordon used to be astounded when a waiter would lean across the table and say that Gordon was a great improvement on the last fellow I used to go around with, and from the way it looked I was smiling a lot more, so I must be happier now.

Mr. McGreevey's lawyers said that Mr. Saia introduced himself as a friend of Mr. Cipel's, and that they were astounded when he mentioned the college.

I was astounded when we had a hit record".

She is astounded when told that John is a year behind the class in reading.

She said that her neurologist was astounded when he saw her soon after her transformation.

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