Asked if he was surprised, Dole shrugged his shoulders.

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Nobody was surprised when he asked his own Social Democratic Party to lead negotiations to form a new government.

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The reaction by the Vatican was so swift in this case, I asked Venter if he was surprised by the statement.

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Afterward Peter asked Shirley Fong, the 32-year-old general manager, to hop in the car for the drive back to Guangzhou, "I was very surprised when he asked me to drive with the group, " says Fong.

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Mr Morgan refused to be drawn on this issue and his former colleague Dr Marek said he would be surprised to be asked.

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Rhoads seemed surprised when I asked about whom he planned to compete with.

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When asked in a 2011 interview with The Wall Street Journal what surprised him most since he returned as Dell CEO in 2007, Mr. Dell said the rise of tablets had been unexpected for him.

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"I was so surprised that I asked my media adviser from Tottenham if it was true, " he added.

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