Sentences with phrase «complete surprise to someone»

«This tweet was a complete surprise to the Department of Defense and to the Congress,» the House Armed Services Chairman said.
We're close to hitting a million units sold of Amiibo, which is a complete surprise to us.
The news was not a complete surprise to me.
«The appointments of Ms. Burns and Mr. Thain to Uber's Board of Directors came as a complete surprise to Uber and its Board.
The removal of all of our social media platforms and website has come as a complete surprise to me.»
A complete surprise to me.
If wenger signs a striker I suspect the name will come as a complete surprise to all of us.
«One of my best achievements was gaining an A * in Applied Business at A level, as I worked extremely hard in order to achieve this; but it was a complete surprise to gain an A *!
It came as a complete surprise to me.
They knew that some of them lived in the Arctic, but others were a complete surprise to them.
Needless to say, this pregnancy was totally unexpected and a complete surprise to everyone, my best friend included.
General election 1945Clement Atlee's landslide victory in July 1945 came as a complete surprise to the Conservatives who were hoping to capitalise on Winston Churchill's hugely successful period as Britain's wartime coalition prime minister.
Rangel said Spitzer's decision to run for New York City Comptroller came as a complete surprise to him, adding that no one close to the former governor had ever talked with him about the possibility of Spitzer launching a political comeback.
UPDATE: More from Grace... Apparently, word about Bloomberg testifying before the grand jury came as a complete surprise to the defense, which is being led by former AG Dennis Vacco.
«At first the shape of the dust in the image came as a complete surprise to us,» says van der Marel.
«However, it came as a complete surprise to all of us that this thermophilic snake actually «overwintered» in Central Europe during the Pleistocene Ice Age,» explains Professor Dr. Uwe Fritz, director of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden.
The magnitude 8 earthquake that occurred this past February along the New Guinea Trench, about 45 miles north of Biak Island in the western Pacific, came as a complete surprise to Biak inhabitants and geologists alike.
«The whole - genome approach came as a complete surprise to everyone.»
«This was a complete surprise to me, as the women and men that I had met there [earlier] were very open with me and wanted me to come back.
It was a complete surprise to see their growth slow down like this,» said Daniel Bishop, who conducted the study as part of his master's thesis at ESF.
The award came as a complete surprise to one of the Nobelists.
«The complete surprise to us was that although most forms of PKC make inflammation worse, PKC - delta happens to be the opposite, a natural protective mechanism,» says George King, M.D., Joslin Chief Scientific Officer and corresponding author on a paper describing the work published in the journal Circulation Research.
«The APS notification about the award came as a complete surprise to me,» Ryutov said.
The thing that came as a complete surprise to me in this post is eating fermented foods to reduce inflammation.
We never share photos beforehand so it's a complete surprise to us all.
OR DO N'T: It's not a complete surprise to see James Franco snubbed in the supporting - actor category, given his ill - fated Oscar - hosting duties a few years back.
Cuphead was a complete surprise to me this year.
So while you should never expect it, it wouldn't be a complete surprise to me to see some sort of Animal Crossing announcement during the Direct tomorrow!
Still, the Trevorrow news should not come as a complete surprise to Star Wars diehards.
Adams previously won two back - to - back Globes — for American Hustle, in 2014, and Big Eyes, in 2015 — the latter of which came as a complete surprise to the actress, who hadn't even applied her lip gloss before the category was introduced.
This came as a complete surprise to me after I volunteered to help my son's elementary school robotics team this year.
Usually these notices come as a complete surprise to parents, who have been paying attention to their children's report cards and have seen little to indicate that there was a problem.
None of this should come as a complete surprise to school leaders.
In a rare move of collaboration, Ford and General Motors co-developed the near gearbox (used in the Camaro ZL1 and rumored for the Mustang), so it wouldn't be a complete surprise to see this gearbox find its way into GM's trucks in the near future.
Caterina Tamburrano had been gravely ill for some time, and the news was not a complete surprise to him.
Yes, it was a complete surprise to me.
Several people close to Walker are quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution saying the news comes as a complete surprise to them.
Always an avid reader and history buff, her success as a novelist came as a complete surprise to her.
I got the call one day to go and interview Marcel Duchamp, which was a complete surprise to me because I knew nothing whatsoever about art.
Greg Wise was second — a complete surprise to me, and not at all the Tom Douglas of my imagination.
In other news, I'll be interviewing Hugh Howey on Authors On The Air radio on Sept. 4th at 8 pm EST, and we'll be talking about a host of subjects, all of which will be a complete surprise to both of us since we've done no preparation.
In what was a complete surprise to me, UbiSoft started off their e3 extravaganza with a brand new entry in Comedy Central's beloved adult cartoon series, South Park.
So while you should never expect it, it wouldn't be a complete surprise to me to see some sort of Animal Crossing announcement during the Direct tomorrow!
This entire level was a complete surprise to me and it shows that Gears aren't content in just creating a straight up revival of the 3D platforming genre set up in the N64 era but are hoping to create something more.
Whatever happens with my work is a complete surprise to me, so I can't really tell you what's next, although I talk to psychics all the time.
Recent staff changes at San Antonio Museum of Art, namely the elimination of the position of Assistant Curator of Latin American Art, Nancy Fullerton, and the sudden resignation of Contemporary Curator David S. Rubin, came as a complete surprise to arts community.
This seemed to come as a complete surprise to Bharucha and his board.
It may come as a complete surprise to some of you, but to be a computer forensics examiner in the state of Texas, one must also be a private investigator.
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