1.   But the response surprised even me.

2.   Her response did not surprise Robert Bixby, policy director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group that urges budget restraint.

3.   Such responses did not surprise political experts.

4.   The large-scale response surprised the folks at Worldwide Pest Control, who Tuesday were narrowing the field of prospective adoptive parents from as far away as Kansas.

5.   The response surprised even Hearst executives.

6.   The response does not surprise Nicholi.

7.   The response even surprised William Primavera, who on Saturday collected hundreds of signatures on petitions to shut down Indian Point.

8.   The response may surprise you.

9.   Their responses surprised and heartened Saigal.