1. The onrush of tears took me by surprise.

2. Our raid took the enemy by surprise.

3. Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.

4. The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.

5. His arrival caught me by surprise.

6. The police took the burglars by surprise.

7. Her suggestion fairly took me by surprise.

8. Sue was overcome by surprise when Peter walked in.

9. The question took her by surprise.

10. The enemy attack took us by surprise.

11. He was rooted to the spot by surprise.

12. His sudden entrance took everyone by surprise.

13. She suddenly changed tack, taking him by surprise.

14. Her sudden resignation took us all by surprise.

15. The storm took us completely by surprise.

16. His question took his two companions by surprise.

17. His frankness took her by surprise.

18. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward.

19. The band's sudden rise to fame took everyone by surprise.

20. The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.

21. The announcement took Washington and Paris by surprise, but Downing Street had been expecting it.

22. She replied with a savagery that took him by surprise.

23. The revolutionaries' assumption of power took the army by surprise.

24. A wolf leaped out of the bushes and took the hunter by surprise.

25. She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise.

26. The town was well defended so there was little chance of taking it by surprise.

27. The coldness and distance in her voice took me by surprise.

28. The guerrillas were killed when army troops took them by surprise.

29. The dizzying pace of political change in the country caught many people by surprise.

30. The feeling she had for Malcolm had crept up on her and taken her by surprise.

1. The onrush of tears took me by surprise.

2. Our raid took the enemy by surprise.

3. Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.

4. The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.

31. Such cheery jobless numbers have taken everybody by surprise.

32. They too were caught by surprise.

33. Midlife never took me by surprise.

34. His deep voice took Romanov by surprise.

35. He caught me by surprise and I sounded foolish.

36. What happened next took Madeleine completely by surprise.

37. He'd caught her by surprise, that was all.

38. He rolled towards Lily, taking her by surprise.

39. Billy had caught him by surprise.

40. The hug takes him by surprise.

41. The deep freeze caught those that distribute gas to homes and offices by surprise.

42. Given the atmosphere between the two countries, if only over quotas, the initiative took both delegates and journalists by surprise.

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43. The Ligurians tried to take Massalia by surprise during a festival.

44. The chill in the air caught me by surprise, a sharp mountain night breeze.

45. The thought that had been waiting to be revealed, waiting to take him by surprise.

46. Sometimes these less aggressive horses can behave very unexpectedly and take us by surprise.

47. Welch and I had a rather heated exchange about the appropriateness of his editorial interference, which had caught me by surprise.

48. He dipped her, catching her by surprise, letting her drop backwards.

49. So the two white girls standing in front of the mirrors are caught by surprise.

50. The philanthropic family's largesse was echoed by surprise announcements from both the Federal and provincial governments.

51. But it took many by surprise, those who still imagined that women only loved; whereas men lusted.

52. The drop in inflation took every City commentator by surprise.

53. I kept my hands folded on my desk. Take the enemy by surprise.

54. This winning streak caught a lot of chess players by surprise.

55. Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future. Adolf Hitler 

56. Pauken, whose late-starting campaign caught people by surprise, has poor relations with Texas elected officials, particularly Gov.

57. The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise.

58. But still Hsu Fu was not satisfied or took us by surprise.

59. Taking her completely by surprise, he caught hold of her arm and pulled her towards him.

60. But the vehemence and anger of this response take her by surprise.

61. In consequence, untold numbers of sailors died when their destinations suddenly loomed out of the sea and took them by surprise.

62. Brachs, a confectionery company, recently took Chicago by surprise when it announced the closure of its local factory.

63. Caught by surprise, we used whatever means of transport were available.

64. It had been a while since she'd fired a pistol and the initial retort took even her by surprise.

65. His unexpected changes of direction would take people by surprise.

66. These issues have quickly moved on to the international agenda in the past few years, taking governments and industries by surprise.

67. The future was always a foreign country, always took him by surprise and was always challenged and met with a charge.

68. What took her by surprise was her own response to the priest himself.

69. Sometimes her beauty so took him by surprise, that he lost the thread of speech.

70. How could anyone be taken by surprise by a flight of Hueys?

71. Inspector Montgomery's sudden termination of the interview had taken her by surprise initially, but now she understood his strategy.

72. People in Bohemia had been so full of self-confidence that they were taken by surprise.

73. The move caught top military officers and senior members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees by surprise.

74. They arrived just after the messenger from the shrine and jumped on Caledor by surprise.

75. Not to be denied my ride, I ran and jumped on his back, taking him by surprise.

76. The sudden rush of cooler air as the door was thrust open took her completely by surprise.

77. Police had been taken by surprise as fifteen thousand travellers converged on the area.

78. The suddenness and ferocity of the downpour had caught all three of them by surprise.

79. But each time it was a sudden sortie and took Trondur by surprise so he was not ready to spear them.

80. My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.

81. Taken...by surprise,...she yielded to his embrace with unreflecting inevitableness.

82. The attack took many by surprise, because few had anticipated that the major detractor of the faith would be one of our own.

83. She said the military operation took completely by surprise and was incompatible.

84. But the scale of the Uighur protest and its level of violence took everyone by surprise.

85. Suddenly we heard the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise.

86. The Armies were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.

87. She hadn't expected that throb. It took her by surprise.

88. Mr. Bumble was fairly taken by surprise , and fairly beaten.

89. They were constantly on the alert not to be taken by surprise.

90. A student sits on sandpile, hand attack by surprise is worn the face cries.

91. Goldman took markets by surprise last night when it brought forward its financial results to reveal a 13% surge in quarterly profits to $1.66bn - a strong result at a time of frozen credit markets.

92. The doctor, taken by surprise , awkward and sheepish, knelt too.

93. Advanced end handles process side, these 4 companies will head 3 plans, back end handles science and technology of photoetching of process, EUV and technology of film of attack by surprise.

94. The victory of Hamas in the elections has caught this comprador class by surprise.

95. The employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind.

96. It took Jude more than by surprise that the man with the soul was thus and thus; and he felt that he could not open up his confidences.

97. "And kneeled and made the cheerless grate blaze up and the entire cottage warm..." the words, spoken by him in a quiet, toneless voice,[] took her by surprise.

98. It is fair to say such whole-hearted enthusiasm has taken even the most optimistic of Games organisers by surprise given Canadians' reputation for modest reserve.

99. They are triggered by surprise in a safe situation (think peek-a-boo), and don't just endear babies to their parents.

100. Goddard scientists, caught by surprise, wondered if the arrangement signaled a diminished role for their center.

101. If the birds have not flown for three years , they will soar into the clouds . If they have not sung for three years, their songs will take everyone by surprise.

102. Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise.

103. When the water got up to their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water.

104. The appearance of the internet has taken our broadcasters all by surprise. The internet has enabled any radio station, any where to become an international broadcast with only a minor investment.

105. Over the weekend, one bride-to-be in the eastern China city of Qingdao was taken by surprise by a quirky marriage proposal involving her boyfriend and 48 of his friends dressed as giant carrots.

106. There's a classic comedy skit from Eddie Izzard about England getting taken by surprise by the Germans in World War II.

107. The good acript:c skill of Mr. Feng, however your fighting skill is again strong, can block live the tommy gun of mountain pass set and attack by surprise a rifle?

108. It is safe to say that the sight of scantily clad athletes romping in a sand pit, accompanied by cheerleaders in bikinis and a pop-music soundtrack, caught many spectators by surprise.

109. The backwash of the passing boat took us by surprise.

110. The attacks called for meticulous planning and co-operation among an extended network of conspirators, yet apparently took the authorities entirely by surprise.

111. Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise if we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye.