half-surprised

When I looked up, I was half-surprised not to find myself in a Hull flatlet with brown chairs, one of Larkin's "gin drinks" in my hand.

Rewind radio: Richard Bacon; Grayson on His Bike; Book of the Week: Letters to Monica Rachel Cooke 2010

She was only half-surprised the next full moon when the pains started: tearing pains that ripped up and down her legs, forcing her to the ground, bending her spine the way a magician might bend a spoon.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

I'm half-surprised he didn't call Merrill Lynch's John Thain "a masterful interior decorator."

Lionel Beehner: Should Tom Friedman Get Canned Along With Kristol? 2009

She was only half-surprised the next full moon when the pains started: tearing pains that ripped up and down her legs, forcing her to the ground, bending her spine the way a magician might bend a spoon.

City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

I'm half-surprised he didn't fall to his knees at the same time.

Archive 2005-05-22 2005

I'm half-surprised he didn't fall to his knees at the same time.

Archive 2005-05-22 2005

ANGELTOWN #5 - Actually, I'm half-surprised DC didn't make this an ongoing series...though with the high-attrition rate new series have at the Big Two, you should probably make that "one-quarter surprised."

Archive 2005-03-13 2005

ANGELTOWN #5 - Actually, I'm half-surprised DC didn't make this an ongoing series...though with the high-attrition rate new series have at the Big Two, you should probably make that "one-quarter surprised."

Archive 2005-03-13 2005

I was half-surprised to see that he was starting in again about the damned book.

The Little Mornings Albrecht, C. M. 2004

"You, too, " Alucius replied, half-surprised that he meant it.

Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003