| But anyone who hasn't looked at Lego toys since his or her own childhood is in for a rude shock. |
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| When he tested his beliefs against Peter Leko of Hungary, however, he got a rude shock. |
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| The rude shock of fresh air often makes these coddled beauties drop some of their flowers. |
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| I think she got a rude shock when I did nothing of the sort. |
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| This more or less idyllic world experimented quite a rude shock with European culture at the beginning of the XV century. |
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| The bombing of Bouaké by Government Forces in November 2004 came as a rude shock. |
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| Having been brought up hearing nothing about wharfies save how they loafed around in the intervals between striking and stealing cargo, I got a rude shock when the task began. |
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| Brar has come as a rude shock to intelligence agencies which have been suspicious that Sikh militants are trying to regroup in foreign countries. |
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| I am absolutely certain that it will come as a rude shock to most of the British population that internal security is an area where there is any room for involvement of the European Union. |
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| Defending champions Kano Pillars received a rude shock on the opening day of the Nigerian Premier League, going down 2-1 to freshly-promoted Kaduna United at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium. |
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| The merger gave them a rude shock, however, in part because of the simultaneous collapse of East Germany's markets in the Soviet empire and in part because of the inefficiencies that the communist system had left behind. |
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| But those who thought that policies and constitutions were hammered out through the arduous process of debate, of voting and finding common ground among members, are in for a rude shock. |
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