Sentences with phrase «kind of surprised at»

I am really kind of surprised at some of the ones I'm drawn to, too.

I was kind of surprised at the limited DIY projects for a watermelon wreath.

I was kind of surprised at this because I always thought of saving for your kid's college education as a good thing, but it seems it's not for everyone.

«We were actually kind of surprised at how well they worked,» Niklason says.

I let her pick out her shoes herself and was kind of surprised at her choice.

But I was kind of surprised at first that it came to me, but luckily I was cool and kept my composure and tapped it in.»

Not that it comes as any kind of a surprise at all, but Modern Warfare 3 has been crowned the UK's best - selling title of 2011, according to GFK Chart - Track and UKIE.

Not exact matches

«And after this midterm, I wouldn't be surprised if we're at triple digits of the coalition,» Kind said.

Again, think back and think big — it might feel like you don't have this kind of experience, but when you start to drill down you might be surprised at what's applicable.

I think many businesses would be surprised at the changes they would see with this kind of initiative.

«Given the expectations in supply, it's kind of surprising to see the market pop this much today,» said Andrew Lipow, president at Lipow Oil Associates in Texas.

Mr. Francois, 49, on the job at Chrysler for 15 months, is gaining a reputation among his ad agencies, dealers and staff for surprising them and taking the kinds of risks that make them feel more confident than they ever did while owned by German carmaker Daimler or private - equity firm Cerberus Capital.

It should be no surprise that many countries in the late stages of their own investment - growth «miracles» have tried this kind of transformation, but none has ever managed so radical a change within its financial sector quickly enough, at least in part because the capital allocation decision is at the heart of distributional politics.

Thus I was surprised some years later to find the kind of people with whom I'd grown up — the leftists, the intellectuals, the activists, the public - spirited — suddenly alarmed at the growth of homeschooling.

In the GN, you should have the zombies out there doing their thing, but only relate them to the xian fundies at the very end, kind of like a «surprise twist».

In short, anyone who appreciates the rapid change in historical circumstances and does not flee from this into a ghetto; anyone who knows that there is and always has been a mutable, human law of the Church, and that this kind of change has always been practised; anyone, moreover, who reflects that the Church not only has the right but the duty of shaping its canon law in accordance with changes in the times, will not be surprised at the change in many legal regulations which he is living through at the present time, but will recognize and accept this as a sign of the vitality of the Church and its pastoral care.

Or perhaps the kind of immortality Goethe allowed to his friend Wieland, when he said in his conversation with Falk: «I would not be at all surprised if I met Wieland again some thousands of years hence as a star of the first magnitude..., and saw with my own eyes how he infused everything around him with a pleasant light.»

The thing is, I'm kind of surprised to find myself at this moment in time really liking, no wait, craving the taste of flavored pancakes.

I'm always surprised at how many compliments I get when I serve up a steaming seasonal crumble, and they barely require any kind of kitchen - wit!

Kind of bitter, not rich at all, I was a bit surprised honestly.

Actually, I'm not surprised people chose these over Krispy Creme at all...... those donuts are kind of icky to me!

Korean food markets in the Dallas area carry many of the same products, although you might be surprised at the number, type, and variety available: cans of sweetened red beans, big bags of frozen dumplings, whole heads of pickled garlic, jars of bright red hot - pepper paste, packages of dried zucchini, giant fresh Korean pears the size of large grapefruits, fresh soy and mung bean sprouts, salted fish, several kinds of rice (from white to beige to black), and more types of packaged dried noodles than you probably ever knew existed.

I'm actually kind of surprised that I even attempted to make homemade sloppy joes, but my daughter had them at a friend's house one night and loved them, so I thought I would give it a try.

The Bryan pick wouldn't be shocking other than Dallas picking any kind of DT at 19 would be a surprise, despite the fact it is one of the most mocked positions at 19 I have seen.

Arsenal have been linked with a surprising move to sign Benfica wonderkid Goncalo Guedes this summer in a move that could cost them a stunning # 40m, according to the Metro, so here's a look at five facts about the Portuguese youngster — is he worth that kind of crazy fee?

It's surprising, and often cruel to the team getting embarrassed, but it's the kind of thing that makes you watch the sport in the first place, a cocktail of spirited competition and being in the right place at the right time.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to one day see Sanchez (when he gets older and his pace drops off a little) playing at a deeper position in the middle of the park — kind of where Santi plays at times with Coq.

I'm kind of surprised that a team that has been so hot down the stretch has any value anywhere at this point, but that appears to be the case at BetOnline.

Since -1 to -2 is kind of no - man's land, I wouldn't be surprised if this line reaches -3 at some point given the current trend.

With Arsenal desperately needing some kind of confidence boost as well as all three Premier League points from this evening's away game at Middlesborough, Arsene Wenger will have been very relieved to welcome our best centre back Laurent Koscielny and the first choice keeper Petr Cech back into training this week, and it is no surprise that both are in the starting line - up tonight.

Don Balon's report claimed United were also looking to fight off Real Madrid and Barcelona for Alli's signature, and it would be little surprise to see him make the step up to that kind of level at some point in the near future.

Once you have the tools in place to analyze these kinds of problems, you'll be surprised at how many opportunities present themselves with an edge over the bookmaker.

@Rilub, I fully agree with this guy writting for dailymail, i think I ve already stated this matter here previousely; some guys here said that im obsessed with the young - age fact of our players but to me thats simply the truth.No other manager would have reached this stage at season end with this kind of squad, comon guys 7 out of 11 players are merely 22 yrs old, most of them arent even 22 but still 21 and half of them arent much PL experienced; reached the 1 / 2final of CL, 4th on the PL, 1 / 2final fa cup.Look at the goal scored despite of our bad start early this season.This team is gonna surprise many people next season, we will all sit here and watch, I can even bet to anyone for at least a silverware.

So imagine my surprise when I stumble across a (very kind) mention of Mommy Niri post on her resolutions at the «I spent my morning crying over spilled milk».

No one really had anything negative to say although I think that a lot of them are really skeptical because I don't think before me they had really heard that that was possible and I don't think most of them really believed that it could be possible and especially I think a lot of them are kind of thinking this is probably like a phase or and like be what you wanted me to do at the beginning but then after a while you probably will decide that it's too hard or you know, so I think it surprised a lot of them that I nursed for such a long time and I'm still nursing so yeah.

HOPE LIEN: Well surprisingly at my very first pumping session I did get some drops of kind of like sticky milk, I did not produce colostrum when you induce lactation but it was like a thicker kind of milk almost like honey or something like that and I was really surprised by that because I read from some other people it takes some a little bit longer and so I was really impressed that I had any milk...

So with the newborn I had no clue it is just all left off my brain as to how to do a latch correctly and all that so that was a little surprising with having a second one but I kind of [inaudible] goals out the window with my second because I knew I had gone three years at that point was my first that it was just like you know I would just nurse as long as she wants to nurse and you know whatever happens, happens, I'm fine and we joked because my second was much more independent we joked that she would've wean more sooner than her older sister which almost happened because my oldest nurse for almost 5 years.

Also in August — Growing up in Silicon Valley I have all kinds of insider knowledge, but I was surprised at what I learned on my Silicon Valley Tech Tour — top 13 sites to visit.

I try and alert him ahead of time that we will stay at the fun event as long as he uses kind words and gentle hands with his friends (and doesn't hit), that way it isn't a surprise when we do leave.

Women were BUILT to give birth, OBGYNs are glorified surgeons, oh a BTW what about leaving sponges inside women, and all kinds if issues that come with surgery, and the fact that a hospital is full of germs and sick people, where as at home its the same environment moms been in the whole pregnancy... Hospitals smeared midwives when they first started cutting babies out, and they continue to do it, I wouldn't be surprised if they lied about the stats

It would not be at all surprising to see some kind of coup attempt mounted down the road, although how the numbers might break down to successful oust him is something I can't figure out right now.

«It is no surprise that when you look at our staggering poverty rates, that we don't have the kind of educational attainment that we want,» Miner said.

The result «kind of surprised a lot of people,» says Kurt Rothenberger, a chemist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh.

«We kind of took them by surprise but we did our homework very well,» says Takalani Nemaungani, an engineer at South Africa's Department of Science and Technology who led his country's SKA lobbying campaign.

When you do achieve something big and surprising — the kind of shocking, foundation - rocking science that wins Nobel Prizes — there's a good chance you'll encounter resistance from those whose research you're overturning, says Daniel Shechtman, a materials science professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.

Still, Brewer said, «I was surprised that no one had done this kind of study before, at least not in published research.

With that kind of money at stake, it is hardly surprising that industrial - scale technology has caught on, big time.

You see, we at Next Wave are often surprised by how many PhDs we meet who are happily employed in universities and research institutes, and yet who aren't doing the kinds of things we usually think of a PhD as leading to.

Really, the surprising thing is that this kind of systematic attempt at replication is not more common.»

But what's interesting, especially about that one, and that one [is a] piece written by Larry Greenemeier, was that, you know, all the popular science fiction treatments of that kind have it [suddenly] happening and conflict between humans but through Larry's reporting it seems more likely that we will see it coming; that machine self - awareness will occur in a certain kind of stepwise fashion where they're getting better at certain tasks; [that they'll be able to do] autonomous activities, and from there that you can actually see them develop, and it shouldn't come up as a big surprise as it if finally happens.