Sentences with phrase «by surprise»

That's why I was really taken by surprise when I received a call from the lady a few days later.

I, too, am sometimes caught by surprise when people aren't familiar with kale, but then I remember when I was there myself.

However, there are a few things you should know before you buy auto insurance for your new vehicle so you're not taken by surprise when you're faced with high insurance rates.

The news of the shooting took everyone by surprise especially the top executives.

I was caught by surprise by how good it was.

Those numbers took many by surprise (the film's $ 60 million opening weekend was well above early predictions of $ 40 million).

It didn't take medical intervention, but divine intervention, as I got pregnant completely by surprise at age 40.

This is especially true for a party was who caught by surprise with a request for a divorce, and may still be working through fresh, painful emotions.

Black German Shepherds sometimes take people by surprise with their solid dark color coat.

I have never experienced any kind of back pain before, so I was completely taken by surprise at how painful it can be.

It was a move which took the political world by surprise, given he had spent a year denying it.

He said we would be taken by surprise in 20 years.

The discovery has taken astronomers completely by surprise because the movement is independent of the universe's expansion.

This weekend I was totally taken by surprise on how fast Summer went by!

The full effects of sequestration will only be felt later in the year, and I believe they will take the market by surprise.

Don't be taken by surprise if an employer asks about your salary expectations.

I think we took them a little bit by surprise and we played at a high pace from the start and closed down well early on.

This is going to catch investors by surprise, he says.

The car was detailed amazingly and we were taken a little by surprise with the level of service from this dealer.

For one, the atmosphere matches well, but the most important similarity is the way it takes unprepared players by surprise.

Also, hopefully, it could take the home side somewhat by surprise and give them some unexpected problems to deal with.

Of course, fighting incidents often take people by surprise so they aren't prepared with something suitable to use.

It's the 21st game, however, that took fans by surprise.

But, while the jokes did happen, it was the tears that probably took everybody by surprise.

Mind you my computer is only about 2 years old which is fairly new to me and this all came by surprise.

«Practice will increase the range of tasks where you can show false - belief understanding, because you won't be taken so much by surprise with the question,» she said.

The opportunities for preparation are one reason why economists expect the damage from global warming to be different, and perhaps less, than from natural disasters that hit by surprise.

No doubt the immediate response from feral cat advocates — the scale of which, I suspect took city and county officials by surprise — played a role in their decision to change focus.

This may have taken some readers by surprise because, according to the corporate media and political insiders, the general election is already set.

Further, he won't take anyone by surprise this time around.

The pace of change has taken many observers by surprise.

The shutdown took at least one traveling scientist by surprise.

The sudden shift has even caught industry analysts by surprise.

I highly suspect they'll turn on the intensity come the playoffs and catch a few teams by surprise when they do.

Any briefs with just one or two issues tend to catch judges by surprise.

It will take viewers by surprise, and they might not like what they see.

As one can see from the above, the issue can be complicated and it often catches those involved in the sale of a business by surprise.

This caught the defendant quite by surprise and the defendants moved to have the judgment set aside on the basis that they were never served.

The decision took city officials and developers by surprise.

The flavors in this recipe caught me entirely by surprise.

There were the engine fires that caught early owners by surprise.

The new policy, which says a «DNA sample for purpose of a federal criminal background check» may be collected, took the campus by surprise after it was announced last week.

Every spring, a rebuilding team expected to go through the motions gets off to a great start fueled by surprising performances and a little bit of luck.

Make sure you have an effective strategy that will catch consumers by surprise and enhance their appreciation of your goods.

To come and give you this opportunity to have your heart broken, to be betrayed, to be shocked by the surprise of life.

In some cases, they were unexpectedly met by surprised clients or pets.

Thus, in the summer of 2013, the news of the «rise and fall» of a German surveillance drone caught the German and European public by surprise.