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"To our surprise" is an adverbial. It has no voice. It can modify passive or active constructions, but it does not prefer one over the other. Active: To our su
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"To our surprise" is an adverbial. It has no voice. It can modify passive or active constructions, but it does not prefer one over the other.
Active: To our surprise, they had left the door open.
Passive: To our surprise, the door had been left open.