| The host seems to be taken by surprise by the commercials and has to cut the guest off in mid flow. |
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| Completely taken by surprise, Vincent tripped over the foot and stumbled, falling headlong for the floor. |
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| Do not be taken by surprise if you are caught for speeding or riding without helmets this week. |
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| If we suddenly get an Indian summer or a rash of beautifully sunny autumnal mornings, people are taken by surprise. |
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| The tough measures are in response to complaints that the government was taken by surprise by the last protest. |
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| He said he was taken by surprise by the Attorney General's change of stance which had come very late. |
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| It is better to be pre-warned than to be taken by surprise and found unprepared. |
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| Mr. Fargo was very much taken by surprise at their token of appreciation from the men under him and replied in unfeigned terms of thanks. |
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| One York estate agent's was taken by surprise at the overwhelming interest in property as investments. |
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| The global supply chain was taken by surprise and high-tech shares in New York nosedived as a result. |
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| When the heavens open early on Sunday morning, just hours into the final day of the Lake of Stars Festival, everyone is taken by surprise. |
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| It is the nightmare of every manufacturer to be taken by surprise by an ill-conceived regulation. |
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| But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner. |
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| Her mother frowned a bit, as if taken by surprise, but then recovered. |
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| This helps to ensure a fair and efficient process in which participants can prepare for the hearing and are not taken by surprise. |
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| One day he was taken by surprise, in the course of a trip to Hippo, as the people of God acclaimed him to become their bishop. |
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| Some participants were taken by surprise when they learned that Defence was entitled to challenge the content of the statements. |
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| The Congress Party was so taken by surprise that it took more than a week to name a government. |
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| It is important that you examine and anticipate as many relevant factors early on in the process, so that you are not taken by surprise later. |
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| The 'other' Europe, however, taken by surprise, was more eager to make a profit than to assist in a historic transition. |
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| For some time, we had to fear night visits by the impious and being taken by surprise. |
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| Parents and especially children are often taken by surprise by pediculosis. |
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| Cause that will be a real champion, who is not taken by surprise and who will one day emerge as a big shining star among the grown-ups. |
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| And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise. |
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| You avoid being taken by surprise if someone refers to them or misuses them. |
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| After the British fired one shot from their gun, the Americans, taken by surprise, surrendered. |
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| She argued that the Superior Court had effectively ignored testimony given by both witnesses about having been taken by surprise and feeling obliged to proceed in English. |
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| There have been several debates in which most of us have taken part, so I do not sense that we were taken by surprise by the deployment of Canadian troops. |
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| A MARRIED man from Chelmsley Wood was so taken by surprise when a man he'd met through a gay chatline kissed him, he reacted by punching him. |
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| By this time, the band, which was clearly taken by surprise, has begun to join in, at first raggedly but soon improvising a respectable accompaniment. |
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| To make sure you are not taken by surprise when the payment is due, you need to put some money aside, in an account reserved for this purpose, for example. |
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| The band was taken by surprise by the phenomenal response and signed with a management company to enable them to keep focusing on the music, rather than the business. |
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| The defence was also taken by surprise by the nomination, on the court's initiative, of two high-ranking admirals as witnesses, at a late stage of the trial. |
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| Have you ever dreamed of allowing yourself to be taken by surprise? |
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| But ordinary Americans were taken by surprise. |
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| Federline, apparently taken by surprise, counter-sued. |
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| And don't miss being taken by surprise by even more ancient activities such as the use of traditional ovens to cook bread and cakes and the famous eastern hammams or steam baths. |
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| Later she said that it was for a first time that she met an American who speaks no Russian at all in the street and was taken by surprise a little. |
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| Even if you were on your guard, you could still be taken by surprise. |
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| Truly, the PBA community was taken by surprise and was saddened by Salud's decision since there was no pressure from anyone, from the PBA board, for him to step down. |
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| Britain was initially taken by surprise by the Argentine attack on the South Atlantic islands, despite repeated warnings by Royal Navy captain Nicholas Barker and others. |
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