But if El-Masri thought the government played rough before, he was in for a surprise.
Secretary Gates left Afghanistan and flew to Iraq for a surprise visit.
Wasps flanker Tom Rees could be in for a surprise recall if his Wasps team-mate Worsley fails to recover in time.
When they started the delivery Monday, they were in for a surprise.
When they started the delivery Monday -- more than nine weeks before the babies would be full term -- they were in for a surprise.
But after she started using Krossover, she was in for a surprise: The numbers showed that they were only scoring on that play 5% of the time.
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Auditors in the US may be in for a surprise when it comes to attitude they are expected to display for the benefit of investors in US listed companies.
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After a long battle of fighting through round after round of chemo, and knowing she had been given only weeks to months left to live, I flew home for a surprise visit.
Nelson Mandela's 80th-birthday celebrations on July 18th and 19th were joyous, the more so since he chose that weekend for a surprise wedding to Graca Machel, widow of the late Mozambican president.
Some British subscribers to Wired Magazine are in for a surprise this month a few select readers are receiving personalized versions of the magazine, with their personal details spilled across the cover.
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The ad with Mr. Williams, who is known as Pharrell, debuted at Coachella music festival, stirring up attendees' hopes for a surprise performance by the French duo and sending the rumor mill into overdrive.
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The Fed is one of those places where cooler heads prevail and we might all be in for a surprise if the statement simply notes that the weekend downgrade provided one of those external shocks it has previously warned against and that it would now monitor the impact on consumer and business confidence going forward.
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And if Lincoln is destined to fall, it seems more likely that an upset would come at the hands of either Silver Linings Playbook (which I previously explained might be positioned for a surprise win) or Life of Pi, the only two films that have enough nominations in traditionally predictive categories to win Best Picture.
Instead, do it for the same reason you throw a surprise party for a friend or send flowers to your mother: to show you truly care about and appreciate them.
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The campaign evidently felt a need for a big surprise at the climactic moment of the campaign and then let it be too much of a surprise.
But he planned to come back to Bar Boulud with his wife for dinner later, and he had with him a surprise for her: a bottle of the 1989 E.
Anyone who stumbles upon of copy of Neely's album is in for a pleasant surprise.
Those familiar only with the banal 20th-century examples made for the tourist trade are in for a happy surprise.
Though forecasts are often wrong, the disappointing monthly ADP National Employment Report is not inspiring confidence for a positive surprise from the Labor Department, particularly as far as non-governmental hiring is concerned.
Of course the two favorites will not compete in this final on their own and by setting the fastest time in the semifinal South Africa's Roland Mark Schoeman could be in line for a big surprise.
If this is the way Republicans plan on getting their hands on the reigns of power in the face of demographics that all but insure the end of their party unless they broaden the appeal, they are in for a powerful surprise.
Maybe that's not a big surprise for a man whose company has played a major role in shaping our 21st-century lives, from how we find information to how we use our phones.
This is a heck of a deal for Kindle owners and a hugely pleasant surprise for people who were already Prime members.
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For the anti-FDI campaigners, too, this came as something of a surprise for the same reason, although a joint parliamentary committee had underscored how small retailers had been hit by the coming of organized retail.
The wide margin of victory for those backing the status quo came as a surprise, for pre-election surveys had that side ahead by only a few percentage points.
He disappeared from public view for a while but later resurfaced as a surprise presidential candidate for the UDF after President Bakili Muluzi failed in his bid to be allowed a third term.
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington described their prize for best rock band as "quite an honour" while Muse said their win for best alternative act was "a real surprise for us".
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