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

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

3.   Security men were taken by surprise as the man ran onto the stage.

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

5.   Taken by surprise, she offered no resistance when he strode over and, clasping her in his arms, kissed her firmly on the lips.

6.   I -- was taken by surprise.

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

8.   Neighbours in Milton Keynes were taken by surprise.

9.   Administrators say they were taken by surprise...

10.   Tory business managers began to scurry around anxiously and Sir Nicholas Lyell was clearly taken by surprise and began scribbling notes to form the basis of his speech.