1.   Billy had caught him by surprise.

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

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

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

5.   Power surfers are towed behind a jet-ski into massive oceanic swells that move too fast to catch by paddling conventional surfboards.

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

7.   The geranium seemed to vibrate for an instant, swaying sideways as if caught by a breeze.

8.   They can also catch kinds of prey that they could not catch by themselves, such as buffalo.