1.   A month later, however, Bennett was somewhat surprised when Odell asked him to sign a batch of blank checks.

2.   Even Ms. Goldsmith seems somewhat surprised that her career as a writer is proving to be so much more lucrative than her first career as a business consultant.

3.   Even his biggest fan today, special-teams coach Joe Avezzano, sounds somewhat surprised at the niche Schwantz has created.

4.   Even the students seemed somewhat surprised at their own interest.

5.   Even Small seemed somewhat surprised at the decision.

6.   For his part, Herskovitz sounded somewhat surprised at the reaction of the news division.

7.   He is still somewhat surprised that history chose him to hit that home run.

8.   He was somewhat surprised when the admissions office offered him a slot.

9.   I arrived at the track early in the morning and was somewhat surprised the way the horse was being doubted.

10.   I was somewhat surprised that it went in.