10.44 other verbs

If you want to say what someone thinks about a fact, you can use 'it' followed by a verb such as 'please' or 'surprise'. The verb is followed by a noun group and a 'that'-clause.

• It won't surprise you that I stuck it in my pocket.
• It grieved her that Ashok could not sleep there.

Here is a list of verbs that can be used in this way:

• amaze, amuse, annoy, appal, astonish, astound, bewilder, bother, delight, disgust, distress, grieve, horrify, interest, please, shock, surprise, upset, worry